Benefits:
Management is deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid about who really gets the work done. Managers provide backstabbing references.
Uses an old-fashioned rack-and-stack system for annual reviews and raises. Rewards management better than employees who actually do the work.
The system allows mediocre employees a safe haven while hardworking employees are overloaded.
Too much of a good old boy network; you have to know the right people, wear the right clothing, and be a clone of others in the position.
Get rid of inexperienced and ill-prepared managers that just suck up to their bosses rather than finding out who really gets the work done. Your direct manager can stifle your career if they want to.
Started with a phone screen asking about prior experience and combing through the resume. Then invited onsite for a group setting interview. This involved a code challenge and a system design challenge. Given an offer about a week later.
I was referred to Home Depot through an IT staffing agency for a Junior Software Engineer position with an emphasis on Java at Home Depot's Marietta office, on their Supply Chain team. The recruiters forwarded my resume to the hiring manager on thei
I had to piece together a bunch of lines of code on slivers of paper. Then I had an assignment on building college dorms with an extremely low budget, with 15 minutes for each section.
Started with a phone screen asking about prior experience and combing through the resume. Then invited onsite for a group setting interview. This involved a code challenge and a system design challenge. Given an offer about a week later.
I was referred to Home Depot through an IT staffing agency for a Junior Software Engineer position with an emphasis on Java at Home Depot's Marietta office, on their Supply Chain team. The recruiters forwarded my resume to the hiring manager on thei
I had to piece together a bunch of lines of code on slivers of paper. Then I had an assignment on building college dorms with an extremely low budget, with 15 minutes for each section.