Pros
I joined CoreLogic in June 2020 as a data and performance engineer, working with a front-end team delivering services via APIs. There was considerable technical debt to pay down, and a strong drive from management to do exactly that. A few months after I started we reorganised our team from 2 groups into 3, which made a considerable difference to our ability to focus on stability and features. This reorg was the result of discussions amongst team members and suggested to management. We were able to spend the time we needed to put out fires, and then engineer the long term correct fixes.
I joined a new team two months ago and I'm leading our business-wide rollout of a data mesh strategy. The business recognises that we have too many data silos and these are impeding our ability to deliver products and value to our customers. An essential part of the data mesh is spreading our knowledge throughout the business, it is really satisfying to share what we know.
It's my experience that management listens to staff and is keen to take onboard suggestions on how to make the organisation better. One really positive thing I've found is that the people at CoreLogic are genuinely nice - I feel psychologically safe with my colleagues. I believe that we have a diverse workforce and I think that makes us all richer.
I really value the drive from the top down to deliver quality products, pay down technical debt and improve our customers' experiences when they interact with us.
Cons
I don't believe that salaries are competitive in the market. This has been thrown in sharp relief in the last 18 months with lockdowns and pivoting to remote work. With remote work now commonplace it is easy to work fulltime for a multinational which can - and will - pay a lot more.
HR recently announced that it is going to be mandatory to go back to the office a minimum of 3 days per week. This is actually going to push people away who have been very happy with the increased life-work balance of working from home 4 or even 5 days a week. For the majority of staff there is actually no physical need to be in an office.
