Visa

Good starting compensation. Working in a global environment. Good office facilities.

Lots of politics, sycophancy, and sucking up – no meritocracy.

Ambiguity in jobs and roles, permanently in flux.

Program-oriented rather than technology-oriented. You would learn a lot less about technology because of the extent of red tape and the dated, archaic technology stack.

Bad food, except for breakfast.

Toothless HR. If a person has connections to the top, even multiple complaints against them would not have any impact.

Higher management should do some real organizational work.

Fix glaring issues such as the organizational culture and structure.

To be a real technology company, Visa should start behaving like one. Focus on using the latest technology, abolish red tape, and enable developers rather than suppressing them.

Also, at least try to be a merit-oriented firm. The recent outflux of dozens of young engineers should be a splash of cold water to wake you up.