You get what you pay for... - Senior Software Engineer Visa Inc. Employee Review

1.0
Nov 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

If you're looking to do the same thing for the rest of your life without growth or opportunities, you'll hit the jackpot at Visa. A cushy job where one day maybe nobody can tell you apart from the chair you sit on - you've been there that long doing the same thing. Bear in mind that the processes you follow to do this one thing, along with the people you work with , will change over the years but you'll happily be doing the same thing till you die. If that is what you want.

Cons

Working in technology is probably the worst. Fighting for promotions under the new I.T. (Indian Technology) leadership is like piranhas fighting over a morsel of stale week old dead fish. This amazing leadership team has used everything in their arsenal to motivate every well paid employee to leave. They're laser focused on attracting interns and college grads. Their reasoning is they'd like to bring fresh ideas and new blood. Which basically means one or both of two things: 1) They admit to not being able to motivate existing employees to innovate and/or 2) They are wanting lower employee costs across the board and when people become ready for promotions in a couple of years, best to phase them out or block them till they leave disgusted, then get some new cheap hires. Burn and churn. They've also decided to get rid of consultants who knew what the hell they were doing and bring in Wipro (Indian contractor) for technology services across the board. Of course at cheaper rates. Which just means less diversity, less people whom you can actually understand when they speak with you , and you-get-what-you-pay-for service. Short of driving outside Home Depot to see if any day laborers can help in their I.T. shop for the day, the CTO Rajat has done everything else to cut costs, and of course run this thing into the ground. The results show in the internal and external products portfolio. BTW - I keep saying Indian because that's what the entire technology department is. It's not a racist comment, I am Indian myself, but clearly diversity is non-existent in their technology group. Which means very biased cultural thought processes are pervasive.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Excellent work-life balance, strong 401(k) match, and generally good benefits. There are smart, hardworking people across the company from all walks of life, and the Visa name still carries weight on a resume.

Cons

The work-life balance comes with a tradeoff: innovation moves at a glacial pace. In my experience, Visa was a highly political organization where visibility and relationships often mattered more than performance. Career growth felt slow, especially for high-performing mid-career employees looking to expand their scope or take ownership. There was constant organizational churn. In two years, I had three managers and made it through multiple reorgs, but our entire team lived in constant fear of ongoing layoffs. Layoffs and restructuring felt far more common than leadership acknowledged, which created a disconnect between company messaging and employee reality. The lack of trust for executive leadership is readily apparent across all internal channels. My org was not particularly valued, compensation lagged the market, and the return-to-office rollout was/continues to be handled poorly and rigidly. If you're looking for stability, predictable work, and reasonable hours, Visa can be a good fit. If you're a high performer looking for speed, creativity, ownership, and growth, there are better places to spend your time (and your paycheck will probably be higher).

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