Office politics ruins technology - Software Engineer Citi Employee Review

2.0
20 June 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Good salary if you get into a team with high visibility - Work hours are moderately relaxed for most teams

Cons

- Forget about promotion if you don't play the politics game - Company lacks technical leadership - Code quality varies a lot between teams - Agile is not properly applied

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2.0
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Pros

Great benefits (PTO, healthcare, etc.) for FTEs

Cons

Everything else - Carousel of management changes - Vague and ever-changing role/job descriptions and associated metrics - The constant feeling that we're all about to be laid off but must "prove" our value in the meantime

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