Intuit

As a software engineering intern, I was able to work on some pretty high-visibility projects, which was exciting. My team members were nice and down-to-earth. The company is also very open. You will always know what other teams are working on and what the current strategy is, with no secrecy or siloed teams.

The pace of innovation and product releases is slow.

It seems that product decisions are not made quickly enough to be ahead of the market.

Instead, the company is in a pattern of always playing catch-up in competitive markets.

An aging workforce, combined with failing recruiting strategies and disorganized HR, makes young talent scarce at Intuit.

Recent large (~8%) layoffs cut important QA/testing and design resources from product development teams. Not a good sign.

Reconsider recruiting strategies, and try to lock in young talent or incentivize them to stay before they finish their internships.

Work on improving methods used to match candidates to positions.

Explore new product opportunities to fulfill the vision of becoming "the small business operating system" rather than only focusing on financial software and solutions.