IT career opportunities have dried up and turned unattractive - Software Engineer Thomson Reuters Employee Review

2.0
May 24, 2015
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Pros

Compensation has been fair, with decent benefits including 401k matching.

Cons

In late 2013, the IT jobs at Thomson Reuters began to be outsourced, and while I understand the need to economize, I don't understand senior executives doing so in such an uninformed and ill-advised way (they did not consult directors, to say nothing about mid-level managers, to understand the nature of the jobs they were outsourcing). Increasingly since then, the IT landscape has been less functional, with many IT teams are excruciatingly slow to respond due to being understaffed. A high percentage of IT resources at Thomson Reuters is now spent on paperwork rather than getting things done. Among those IT staff whose job it is to get things done, apathy is higher than ever before.

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