Visa Inc. reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(7,512 total reviews)
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Ryan Mclenerney

67% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Visa Inc. has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,512 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Visa Inc. employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 19, 2016

Ex-employee from an ex-great company to work for

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Pros

Visa has a title inflation, and that VP title will look good in your resume. You can also coast easily if you have any technical skills, since most of your colleagues don’t. Finally, if you know how to play office politics well, then you are golden: this is the place for you!

Cons

First, let’s talk about that title inflation: VPs there are “Dev Managers” elsewhere. “Senior VPs” would be just directors in most serious software companies. Regarding technology: Visa is now an Indian shop, with some “outsourcing to the USA”. Since a certain senior person from India got in, not only lots of the development went to India, but now others shouldn’t even apply for positions even in the USA. The “diversity” program is now basically: which region of India are you from. Nothing against the people: most of them are technically competent. But they have no customer focus. It is all about finishing things quickly and putting a new project in the resume. Even marketing and customer service are being taken by people from India. Would you buy something from Apple designed in India? No. they have no “global taste”. Career progression for those not from India is gone.

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Thank you for expressing your concerns. At Visa, we foster a diverse and inclusive work environment, where individual differences and capabilities are valued and contribute to our business success. With this commitment in mind, we hire the best and brightest in the industry who have the right experience for the job.
1.0
Jun 8, 2016
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Pros

Competitive salary. Good benefits. Good location in San Francisco and Foster City.

Cons

Executive leadership is smug and entitled. CEO has a clear disdain for employees on display by how he addresses staff at All-Staff meetings. It's been a revolving door for the past couple years. Sadly, new employees are being wooed by soft perks but management holds no value towards employees. Human Resources is untrustworthy and mostly inept. Things have gone down hill. Get in, add the brand name to your resume, and get out.

1.0
Feb 4, 2016
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Pros

Well known world wide brand name. Marketing makes deals with fun corporations so there are opportunities to get tickets to movies and sporting events. If you negotiate well (and you have to negotiate, I mean REALLY negotiate, because they will try to lowball you), your pay can be great.

Cons

Horrible, horrible place to work. It is like a caste system. If you're Indian or white male there is room to grow. If you're not, you will be assumed incompetent until you have to prove yourself, but are never given the opportunity to prove yourself. People brown nose up, and don't care about their direct reports. The Sr. Directors / VP levels, and the administrative staff working for the higher ups think they are holier than thou. You're more likely to get ignored or even mocked rather then get help to achieve your personal, professional and corporate goals. The Indian managers seem to care about growing their personal empires of employees: they want bodies not skilled workers. Not sure if that is true for the non-Indian male managers. Female managers? They're relegated to QA only I think.

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