Pros
- Most colleagues were great to work with, very smart, and passionate about their work - Flexibility to work from home or while traveling
Cons
- Mathematica cosplays as a consulting agency, but pays non-profit salaries - Huge push to increase utilization by taking on all sorts of project work, whether or not that work aligns with your professional development and career goals - Push to increase utilization typically meant that charging even an hour of overhead a day would be flagged, thus being "encouraged" to take on additional project work. This inevitably piled on to the already standard sentiments of burnout and dissatisfaction that have persisted at Mathematica for years - No sick leave and only 7 paid federal holidays (despite primarily contracting with the government). Therefore, PTO had to be used as sick leave. - CEO tends to ramble on and was consistently dismissive of answering questions in all-staff meetings when asked about explaining important updates that pertained to staff (careers, well-being, project work, etc.)
