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Bad for women, especially in software engineering

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Indeed for 1 year
December 3, 2017
Austin, Texas
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Great perks and salary. Depending on the team, you get to work with smart co-workers and challenging technical work.

Cons

No more than lip service for diversity initiatives. There is no viable career path for individual contributors. Women engineers who are not in management languish in the same level for years, and their contributions are not recognized or valued. If you are a female engineer, there are much better companies out there that will value you.

Projects and teams randomly move around various engineering offices because they hire too many engineers without actually having a plan for what they would work on. Some engineering managers put on an act of being humble while doing nothing to help advance the careers of those who report to them.

Advice to Management

Learn from other tech companies that are doing more than just lip service in their diversity initiatives. Do more to seek silent, hidden talent in the organization that does a lot of heavy lifting and doesn't get recognition for it.

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