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Slow pace and poor compensation

Senior DevOps Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Discover Financial for 2 years
February 21, 2022
Chicago, Illinois
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

The people that I worked with were friendly and helpful.

Some groups do innovation days/sprints to allow you to try something new outside of your daily work.

Cons

Going through a cultural identity crisis. They are trying to become a tech company, rather than just a financial company, but the change process was slow and messy when I left. Some groups are in a better state than others.

Compensation was also not competitive, and annual raises were insultingly low, even when identified as having "exceeds expectations" performance.

Advice to Management

Allow more freedom for engineers to provide some direction and priorities, rather than a complete top-down approach.

Also, if you want people to stay, pay them better and find a way to balance out workloads, or people will burn out and leave.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
3.0

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