Mathematica Reviews

Mathematica used to be a great place to work until it turned into a toxic, mismanaged organization that cares more about profitability than the mental health and well-being of their employees. In the last few months, employees have had to fear their job security due to poor management and unsupportive leadership. Some details on this include: giving the CEO more than a half million dollar bonus and firing the staff member who revealed this by mistake, while at the same time management coerced multiple employees, many with only 3 days notice, to have their salaries cut in half by going part time because they didn’t have enough billable work and money to keep them employed full-time. Management never showed any sign of caring or responsibility for how the situation was handled and constantly tried to pretend it wasn’t happening and called the situation “a rumor”. The CEO acted as if he was going to address it at the shareholders meeting but then just went off on a tangent about “love and magic” and how employees chose to go part time for the greater good of the company, which was not a fact whatsoever. Additionally, the group of people who were made part time were referred to as “the hit list” by other colleagues. Imagine working at an organization where employees are put in such a toxic situation that colleagues are fearful they will be added to that list?

Senior leadership is tone deaf. They are unable or unwilling to transparently communicate with the larger staff when making very important decisions that impact the entire company. Leadership is bloated and overpaid. They were utterly unprepared for dealing with the second Trump administration. The company seems to be shifting from its roots in policy research to more of a data analytics consultancy. Thus, the skill set that they value reflect that shift. Several years ago, the company articulated company, wide “values.” However with the recent downturn in policy, research and federal contracting, leadership has turned its back on these values, opting instead to protect the company, no matter the cost. These values ring very hollow now that the market has shifted.