TransUnion DeveloperII reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(184 total reviews)
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Christopher Cartwright

84% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

DeveloperII employees have rated TransUnion with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 184 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most DeveloperII professionals have a good working experience there. TransUnion is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by DeveloperII professionals compared to other employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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184 reviews
5.0
Oct 21, 2020

Great Company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great company to work for

Cons

No known cons about this company

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TransUnion Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your review – TransUnion values your feedback.
3.0
Sep 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people that works in the company always help each other. I feel proud to work in here.

Cons

Some newer technologies in transunion colombia are not available yet

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TransUnion Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your review – TransUnion values your feedback.
3.0
Sep 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As the pace is quite slow, this can be a good place for people new to the software engineering world as it grants you the time to upskill and study. There is a well established development community which is continuously pushing initiatives forward to improve the ways of working, this is run by well versed and passionate engineers. The benefits system is the best I've seen at any company so far, with a wide array of benefits to choose from.

Cons

1) This is a very slow moving environment which often results in several or many teams sitting idle without work. In an attempt to alleviate this situation the business asks that people spend time upskilling on various learning platforms, a job which you could do in your own time and that can be quite mind-numbing for people who work to stay active and challenge their technical knowledge. 2) To be promoted up the ladder you must demonstrate the ability to plan and project work over the next several months. A task that is almost impossible and wishful thinking (at best) because the roadmap tends to change far more frequently than is necessary, and often changes at the last minute for any sudden deals that have come through. 3) The competency framework used to promote people is nothing more than a checkbox activity which doesn't actually check the competence of an individual and instead just confirms whether or not they have met the criteria of the item that they're being assessed against. In some cases they don't even have to know the how or why. 4) Any infrastructure or software upgrades/improvements are usually left until the last minute, typically resulting in lots of unnecessary overtime and overdue deadlines. This also results in the "We'll do this better next time" announcement before being repeated in the same order. 5) The culture is a bit too forgiving. Within the product side there seems to be a fear in disciplining, demoting or firing anybody who behaves in an unacceptable manner and what would normally cause somebody to fail their probation period. Such experiences of this were people not turning up for a work and making no attempts to contact anybody on the team within the time limits specified in the employee handbook. Of course this is a situation that can't always be prevented, but when it happens for 5 business days in a week, or months in a row, then you can see why this would be an issue; more so because it violates the terms of service and puts an immense amount of pressure on a team who has to pick up the pace due to a team member unexpectedly and regularly taking a day off with often no notice.

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TransUnion Response
5y
Thank you for sharing. Your review concerns me because that is not the experience I would hope for members on our team. Our culture is built on each person's curiosity, dedication, collaboration and unique perspectives. We've built an environment where new ideas are embraced and honest conversation can occur (which includes career and performance). Upskilling is very important to me for two reasons - - I want my team to grow and evolve in their career, and want to give them every opportunity to do so; and having a team of associates with new experience and learnings will continue to push our technology journey forward. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a review - your feedback is important to me. - Abhi Dhar, Chief Information and Technology Officer
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