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Bureaucratic and focused on the wrong metrics, but stable

Web Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Visa for less than 1 year
April 23, 2014
Foster City, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

It’s a fairly stable place, and everyone is very professional. Many people will get good work-life balance here, although sometimes weekend work and late nights are required.

Cons

As far as software development goes, the process is very heavy and run by – without exception – guys with heavy Indian accents and a myopic focus on "getting stories done". There is NO focus on actual quality or the user experience, despite the best intentions of designers and product owners.

Advice to Management

Change people's incentives. V.me is absolute crap because everyone is myopically focused on looking productive enough. This also means there is no cross-team camaraderie or help. People change APIs all the time without letting others know, and then the whole app breaks. This happens many times a week.

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