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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2.0
Feb 2, 2016
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Pros

Diminishing by the day. Client focus is good. Focus on innovation is great. Really smart and respected SVPs.

Cons

Environment is crony based, CYA, and cut throat. HR is slow, clunky, and implements policies that crush collaboration (you compete fiercely against peers for bonus $$ - they succeed too much, you're screwed and everyone knows this). Interns relocated from overseas will get full relocation while 10 year employees must pay their own way. Force placed ratings are borderline unethical in that executive management continually denies this policy exists. All high performing & newly promoted staff receive 2's (out of 4) by rule (no matter what their performance) and thus are disqualified from any equity grants. Staff 2-3 levels below will receive these valuable grants however - no incentive for long term commitment and growth for dedicated and high performing middle management. Executive management''s response is if you don't like it, work for MasterCard.

1.0
Nov 27, 2015

Recurring theme?

Recommend
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Pros

Employees that care about the direction of the company (at least the ones that are actually doing the work).

Cons

Management/Board could care less about the direction of the company as long as it makes them money. Paycuts to management/board? Of course not. They just got new stock options in November (public information) while the rest of the actual working employees get a pension cut and zero stocks. Notice the theme in the most recent reviews? SILENCE. Silence from executive management in addressing any issues whatsoever. CUTS. The company is doing extremely well. What should we cut first? Pensions. DIVERSITY. Again, look at all the comments. How do you go from hiring Indian (male) management all the way up to executive vice president, and now not notice that 1. All contracting companies are suddenly Indian? 2. All technology consultants are suddenly Indian companies? 3. Open an office in India and freeze hiring in the US? 4. All management direct reports under said executive is now male, Indian? At the highest levels, we have while male leadership. At the layers below it, we have male Indian leadership. We have a "diversity officer" who seems to be absent from most discussions and seems to only be for PR purposes. There is NO diversity in thought here.

1.0
Nov 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing: Earlier everything was bad but only Pro was good benefits. Recently there was an announcement to cut the 6% retirement fund that Visa had for employees. Reason - to align with others in the industry. So they want to just do what others do yet talk about being employer of choice. Also they announced 20% increase in insurance premium. And worst of all the announcement was made in the most tacky way possible via an email saying "News from HR".

Cons

No work life balance. No leadership. Every process and department runs around like chickens with their head cut off. They talk the talk but don't walk the walk.

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