Avantages
The best and coolest place I've ever worked.Super smart people who will challenge you. Everything you create will be reviewed by others, which is both a plus and a minus. The upside is that you will do better work because of that review. The interview process can be demanding. I am an experienced worker and put 40 hours into prep for the many interviews I had @ MathWorks. Extreme? Maybe, but I knew a great opportunity when I saw one. Being very well prepared for a job interview here is a very good thing. Great culture, great food, a very caring organization to work for. Working here is akin to the culture I've seen when visiting Google. Work pace is very measured. This is not a start-up culture where people drink ten Red Bulls and work till midnight, then trash half of what they did the following day because they were up late grinding stuff out. If you want that manic culture, (which hey, it can be fun), this is not a place for you. MathWorks wants more heat than light if you get my drift. Just come here knowing you'll be asked to do your best- this isn't a good place to coast, it ain't possible.
Inconvénients
Not much to complain about. If you saw the benefits, the work /life balance, beautiful offices, etc, you would count your lucky stars, like I do. Seriously. People here complain when the latte machine is broken, boohoo. Those people simply do not remember what the real world is like outside these doors. There's no reason not to work here, unless you would prefer an insane start-up culture.