MasterControl Software Engineer reviews

3.1

60% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Jon Beckstrand

93% approve of CEO

13% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated MasterControl with 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. MasterControl is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews
4.0
11 Dec 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

For a corporate environment, they treat people well. There are good benefits and decent, transparent leadership. Work life balance is good. I think the c suite actually care about employees.

Cons

We had a reduction in force in engineering last month. We let go of a lot of high performing engineers, architects, managers, UX etc. Some of them were recent hires. Based on reported numbers in company meetings etc. we are very likely to have layoffs again to meet investor expectations on R&D spend unless revenue increases substantially. The layoff package is allegedly about 2 weeks of pay with an extra week of pay for every year worked here.

3.0
11 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Loved working at MC. The people with whom I worked were the most pleasant people I’ve ever worked with.

Cons

This was a great company that cared about its employees….until it didn’t. A few years ago, the company brought in a new CTO, who decided that a Quality Management Systems company did NOT need a QA dept. You read that correctly. The responsibility fell to us developers, who are not experienced in QA testing. As a result, release quality dropped significantly, but still the CTO stood his ground. I have no idea if this guy is still employed there, but I would sincerely hope not. He has zero business being in that role as he does not understand nor appreciate what a “quality-based organization” truly means. Absolutely inexcusable and the rapid and severe decline in quality is a direct reflection of his terrible decision making.

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