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One word: dysfunctional

Senior Web Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Wells Fargo for 20 years
March 26, 2020
Charlotte, North Carolina
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good pay and bonus for good work. Interesting subject matter and excellent management support, but that is highly dependent on your business area.

Cons
  1. It takes a tremendous amount of time to get a small amount of work done. Any change requires multiple levels of approval, usually by people who have no idea technically what the change does or its implications.

  2. Hypocritical messaging regarding changing behavior for fixing ethics issues and customer abuse while still exhibiting dubious legal behavior.

  3. Some senior developers hide information and resist on-boarding efforts of newer developers to make themselves more valuable. Sink or swim mentality. Assume you have the same knowledge as another developer who has been there for 20 years. Constant use of acronyms and system names in the presence of new employees without explanation so as to make comprehension more difficult.

  4. Absurdly cumbersome processes that have no value. For some reason, most seem to think this is acceptable and even engage in enforcing these processes.

  5. It can take weeks or even months to get the development tools and access needed to do your job, but you are still expected to get the job done without those tools.

The list goes on...too long to list here.

Advice to Management

Stop jerking customers around and pretending you are trying to do better when your actions prove you are not. Scale back the ridiculous amount of needless red tape if you expect to remain competitive.

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