Ventajas
MathWorks is a high-tech company, where engineering people are really well considered. Decision are often coming from consensus and not from the top without explanation. MathWorks is serving many high-tech industries and customers, leading to great challenges. Salary and compensation are good. Benefit and perks, in France, are OK. High level management is respectful and open minded. Very opened company, where employees have access to almost all information. Nothing is hidden. Privately own, and it privileges the long term vision rather to short term stock evolution. Company invests on employees and IT.
Desventajas
There is almost no opportunity to grow here. Company unofficial policy is to let people where they are and gain expertise in their position. So people willing to grow with more responsibilities, or in other business areas will not succeed here. As every decision requires a consensus, it can take a while before decision is taken, leading to some latency. The company is not a technical leader, it follows trends rather than creating them.