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Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Walmart for 2 years
December 23, 2015
Sunnyvale, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Learned a lot about "What not to do by doing them":

  • How to skip accountability
  • How to show off to senior management
  • How to blame others for our team or my mistakes
  • How to turn a good product into a substandard one
  • How to ignore process
  • How to put pressure on people for no reason
  • How to turn events from bad to worse
  • How to jump on people and get the work done.

If you don't care about your self-respect, work-life balance, and want to learn more about "what not to do," don't look anywhere else; this place is for you.

Cons

There are a bunch of Senior Managers in engineering who don't know a bit about what they do and what their subordinates want to do. They just give instructions without directions.

Every damn person runs their own show, treating other teams as their arch rivals. It's one of the worst communication between teams ever. "Do what you are asked to do, don't even think about asking questions." No innovations; they just copy-paste ideas from other pioneers.

The core engineering people, who happen to have been working since the stone ages, think themselves smart and intellectual and show blind eyes to other ideas.

If you want to experience full hands-on with modern-day slavery (with pay), this is the place for you.

Advice to Management

Purge..!

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