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Good Pay, Toxic Culture

Software Engineer In Test
Former Employee
Worked at Visa for 9 years
September 23, 2015
Foster City, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Pay is competitive and, in most cases, above board.

Cons

Employees are aggressive and combative. The atmosphere is volatile and political.

There are incentives for collaboration (like a visa gift card), but if your manager doesn't "like" the group or individual you helped, then it will come out on your review.

HR is spineless. They came to me when someone filed a complaint against GIS management to corroborate the incident. When I did, the manager, in a status meeting, stated that "when he finds the person involved" in helping HR, they would "pay." When HR was told about this by another source, that individual was told to "grow up."

Advice to Management

If you are serious about creating a collaborative team, show it. Start examining the bottlenecks and find out why.

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