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Work 12 hours a day till you get fired

Senior Software Engineer Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Fidelity Investments for 2 years
May 7, 2016
Durham, North Carolina
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Computer equipment purchase program.

Discount on healthy eating options.

Wellness center on campus.

10% profit sharing.

On-campus fitness center (family members are not allowed).

Cons

15% lower salary than industry average. No work-life balance. You need to have a very good relationship with middle management to get a good bonus and hike. Layoffs are very frequent; recently, they laid off many due to bad planning by the management. Incompetent upper management with no visibility for the future (not even for 3 months). Unnecessary work is imposed on you to impress superiors of your boss. No training, no support to do your work. They manipulate teams at will without any transition plans. Hard work and success are never acknowledged or celebrated. No fun activities or team-building activities. Many a time, there was no place to sit until recently (after they fired many people). Very mechanical work environment. Only one boring party in the entire year on Christmas, and you are not allowed if you are a contractor, and families are not allowed.

Advice to Management

Don't hire people and fire them at will. Don't play with lives. Have better planning and try to absorb talented people from other teams.

One department hiring while others are firing doesn't make any sense.

Give employees the industry standard salary.

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