Was a great place to work, now out of touch - Software Engineering Architect MFS Employee Review

3.0
13 Sept 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Being in the financial industry affords MFS the ability to offer top of the line health insurance and benefits. Bonus and salary numbers had previously lagged well behind the industry average but have recently been adjusted to market average levels. There are a lot of good people on the ground level. If you are on the right team, you will enjoy the good culture you've heard about.

Cons

Our upper management is dying to maintain the culture that MFS was previously heralded for, but their refusal to acknowledge the changes in the world and the workforce is only widening the gap between them and the people who are doing the real work. MFS is very slow to adopt new technologies and you will be limited by what is available to you. Out of an abundance of caution, your laptop will be loaded with software to make sure you don't do anything to endanger the company. It will make launching some applications take an excruciating amount of time. You won't have access to GitHub or other useful tools and forums.

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5.0
18 May 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great mentorship, clear instructions, freedom to self-direct some projects, good company culture and many events outside of work

Cons

not much to say because short internship

3.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very Laid Back Work Culture Lots of time off Some really knowledgable employees

Cons

Top Level Management running the company like headless chickens Lots of bottleneck on the tech side as they are extremely far behind their competitors Slow at modernizing and stingy with funding their tech team Essentially on a downward spiral

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