Visa

Above-average pay, good work-life balance, and benefits such as an onsite gym.

Growing revenues and profits year over year, so there is job security.

Most Visa employees are smart and friendly.

It's a good brand that is known worldwide.

To begin with, Visa doesn't need software engineers. So you are a burden to the company. Software engineers are the first ones to let go if the company wants to trim costs.

All the software engineers report to a Business Leader, AKA Manager, who is not necessarily technical. Your business leader decides your career, and it's out of your hands once you join the company.

Business requirements keep changing often, so thousands of lines of code can go to your trash folder in a moment! If you raise your concerns with your Business Leader, you will be reprimanded, and it could affect your year-end review. So you are enslaved!

The title you get has got nothing to do with the work you do. Partner Technology Services (PTS), which is actually a technical support team, actively hires software engineers from the market and ruins their careers! So you might end up doing support work instead of doing actual coding, in spite of having a Software Engineer title.

This team is a butt of jokes in the technology department because of its stupid management and the kind of senseless work they do!

Get rid of redundant teams in the technology department, such as the Partner Technology Services (PTS) team. Let the Merchant Support team directly work with an assigned developer on a rotation basis for support work. This saves the company a lot of money and stakeholders a lot of time.