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Terrible place for women in tech

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Tableau for 4 years
November 23, 2017
Seattle, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

There is a paycheck, but not competitive with market rates at all.

Cons
  • The plushy "quiet rooms" are a joke. Many female devs have experienced being locked out of the rooms by unscheduled male devs who want to use the rooms as their own private office/game rooms (because the general office space does suck in terms of quietness and privacy). There were over 30 documented cases of being locked out, and HR still refused to even send a general email out regarding the situation. Frankly, I was horrified by how badly a federally required right was being (mis)managed by this business.

  • Lots of mansplaining. Very bro-centric culture.

  • Chaotic development environment. Code quality is non-existent and the bug load is heavy. Managers have historically done a terrible job at prioritizing tech debt and are now paying the price by losing many of their key developers.

  • Attrition is at an all-time high.

Advice to Management

Get serious about cracking down on the bad players. Your toxic environment is the reason why the male/female ratio is so bad.

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