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OCI Software Quality Management: A Disaster

Principal Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at NetApp for 9 years
September 30, 2018
Waltham, Massachusetts
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

NetApp has a great name and good work/life balance.

Vacation time is not bad either.

Cons

OCI's quality management process is slow, and the tools used are outdated. Too much time is spent educating the manager, as she lacks technical skills and always relies on someone to cover for her and do the work. Promotions these days are rare, and when a promotion happens, it is given to those that do not really deserve it. They are normally the people that kiss up to management. The culture has deteriorated greatly, and those that are able to have probably already left. Those that are remaining are there only for certain reasons. Such an unprofessional work environment OCI has transformed into.

Advice to Management

Rather than seek an engineer that has certain skills, seek a manager that has those skills and can train the engineer. That is a true leader. A manager who is lacking in technical skills or delegates all work slows the organization down. This will lead to a disaster in the long run.

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