Dreadful upper management - Software Engineer LendingClub Employee Review

2.0
Jun 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- most of coworkers are friendly and helpful - unlimited vacation days(but you've zero accrued if you were let go or leave) - centrally located with good public transportation - decent work-life balance - competitive compensation

Cons

- so-so benefits (unless you're single) - the engineering management team is a joke at best. The root problems are the VP's who care only for themselves. You need to watch your back. Every day. Your job is to please them or read their minds, and not the tasks at hand - some amount of nepotism - if you have a lousy manager and/or scrum master, you're toasted as the blame will land on you somehow - very poor communication among teams and certainly no clear directives from management until it's too late and then some poor soul would be the scapegoat.

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Cons

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Pros

Great office perks, including free Andytown coffee in the San Francisco office. Flexible hybrid work schedule. Summer Fridays and a week off during the holidays. Free lunch during quarterly PI Planning events. snacks in the office. AI tools that can help improve productivity. on-site gym, though a fitness reimbursement option would be more practical.

Cons

Timesheets and project code tracking are unnecessarily burdensome. Frequent Okta authentication interrupts productivity. PI Planning lacks clarity, making meaningful planning difficult. Getting access to systems and tools can be confusing and slow. Wikis are disorganized, outdated, and often inaccurate. High turnover and frequent org changes create instability. Unfriendly behavior is often tolerated and sometimes rewarded. Heavy reliance on contractors and offshore teams can slow communication. * Too many competing initiatives leave little time for proper testing.

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