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Good, if you want to work in a sweatshop

Senior QA Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Walmart for less than 1 year
June 13, 2015
San Bruno, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

It's a paycheck, useful for getting work experience, benefits, free food, free Giants tickets. People doing the work are generally friendly and helpful.

Cons

Lack of integrity, too many manager layers, posturing, politics, too many all-hands meetings, forced multi-tasking, very inefficient. They lack honesty and real leaders. They pretend to be Agile, have unrealistic scope, and poor product management. However, there are some good aspects. Project managers are not respected by product or engineering managers. Testers are slammed just before code complete. Engineering managers say that's how e-commerce works. They don't know how to manage, so they resort to command and control – worse than waterfall because there is no change control.

Advice to Management

Be honest. Look in the mirror. Stop manipulating people to believe you care about interpersonal values.

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