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Lots of Reorgs, but Good People and Work Life Balance

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Disney for 2 years
December 14, 2020
Burbank, California
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Good people who have worked at the company for 10, 20, 30+ years.

Good work-life balance with not a lot of expected overtime.

Change of project if you want to work on different things.

The company is in a big change mode with lots of modernization coming to the tech side.

As a female, I have never felt uncomfortable with my coworkers. I have never felt that I was treated differently or disrespected.

Cons

Lots of reorganization in the company right now; bosses changing, groups changing. It seems never-ending.

Each team is an island with little to no communication across to other teams. Ideas are not shared, and many tools are rebuilt over and over by different teams. There is very little company-wide collaboration.

It's a huge company, and you can feel really lost at times.

Pay is low in comparison to other big companies with tech positions.

There are a lot of contractors who are very awesome and very skilled, but this leads to a feeling like your team is not permanent and getting consistency in projects is very difficult.

Advice to Management

When your employees are going through years of reorgs, don’t take them for granted.

Try to have more competitive salaries for tech employees.

Hire more full-time employees so that teams can actually build rapport.

Be more modern and allow employees to work remotely full-time, as they all want to.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
2.0

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