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No longer a great place to work

Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Testers
Former Employee
Worked at Intuit for 6 years
February 26, 2015
San Diego, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

Good salary. Good benefits. Nice facilities - nice building, nice offices (but sound easily passes in & out), gym & fitness classes, cafeteria, game room, walking path, covered parking lot.

Cons

It used to be a friendly company that cared about its customers and employees, but then became all about the bottom line, regardless of the impact on employees' outside lives and health, and the quality of the product. Very tight deadlines with lots of changes added to each release, and new releases packed very close together so there was no time to catch your breath or make improvements. Features and bug fixes were driven by marketing, not engineering. Marketing tended not to listen to engineering in regards to whether the proposals were a good idea or not. Marketing tended to make changes seemingly just to be able to say they made changes, despite the changes adding no value to the customer. Senior leaders did not seem to have a good understanding of technology, software, the software development cycle, or how to inspire and keep good talent. Leadership seemed only interested in shareholders, which generally works in the short term but not long term.

Advice to Management

The company could greatly benefit by learning (or relearning) to attract, inspire, and keep good talent. Unhappy employees do not produce the best work. Marketing won't do much good if the product is not good. Only focusing on cutting costs will only get you so far.

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