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Unimpressive managers meet technical debt heap

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Walmart for 1 year
October 14, 2016
Sunnyvale, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

If you are happy to be second-guessed, disrespected, or just plain ignored, come on down!

Some of the vendors and platform team are smart, if a little standoffish.

A few PMs are gems to work with.

Cons

It's unacceptable to have coworkers using Hindi to break down problems. If you want to be an inclusive workplace, shutting out non-Hindi speakers is a step in the wrong direction, as far as I'm concerned.

80% of the company are chained-to-desk style workers who do not push back when a process is poor; instead, they choose to waste time doing it the hard way, leaving a wake of technical debt to be fixed on the nights and weekends.

Advice to Management

Spend time listening to your teams. Take feedback to heart. Enforce a sense of teamwork rather than adversarial relationships.

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