Overall a very bad experiencel, if you believe your work should speak for you, look elsewhere
Pros
1) Starting pay is decent 2) You will come across some hard-working, talented colleagues
Cons
1) Zero or non-existent raises and bonuses. The company will always find excuses to deny you a raise, even if your team and colleagues have given you excellent ratings. The standard excuses are underfunded bonus pool, bogus performance "issues", lesser revenue growth etc. Of course, the executive lords are exempt and they will take home massive bonuses and raises no matter what. 2) Very poor benefits - Medical plans are a joke, high deductibles and premiums. Be prepared for sticker shock even for small medical procedures 3) Terrible culture of cliquish mediocrity - Most of the talented ambitious employees see the writing on the wall and leave in a year or two. Most of the long timers have a small set of skills and most of the long time employees probably cannot cut it elsewhere. This encourages a culture of mediocrity. If you believe that excellent performance should be rewarded FICO is definitely not the place for you. Most long termers do not want to learn any new skills and like to do the same thing over and over again. 4) Backstabbing culture - The quickest way of getting ahead at FICO is to absorb the fine art of throwing your colleagues and subordinates under the bus from the long time employees. Performance is only a marginal contributor to any career growth.
