Data Science Development Program (DSDP) - Data Science Development Program MassMutual Employee Review

5.0
24 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

DSDP: great for anyone who's serious about building a variety of technical skills, you get to take classes at UMass CICS as a non-degree or Master's student, smaller tightly-knit group located in Amherst, emphasis on mentorship/development, gain business experience from working with a variety of internal MassMutual teams, great pay right out of college, career opportunities available after the 3-year program. I'm still excited to come to work every day. It has a research lab/startup, rather than a corporate office, vibe. A typical project lasts several months and has a few phases, so you're not stagnating on tasks--I'm constantly learning. I'm given both mentorship and autonomy, and have opportunities to touch all aspects of a data pipeline. The management/senior management is approachable, and my peers are pretty great. MassMutual in general: good employee benefits (particularly the federal credit union, life insurance obviously), accessible and helpful HR, a variety of interesting problems that need solving

Cons

Don't love the high deductible health plan options

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5.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

• Decent benefits • Some good individual contributors and colleagues.

Cons

• Extremely high workload — regularly expected to work 60-80+ hours per week • Constant scope changes with unrealistic expectations and impossible deadlines • Upper management was disconnected and showed little concern for employee well-being • Highly political environment where internal politics often outweighed actual performance • Mass layoffs that eliminated roughly half the engineering team, followed by offshoring many roles to India — even after many of us had dedicated 4+ years to the company • Extremely stressful and unsustainable culture leading to widespread burnout

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