Was once a great place to work, new technology executive leadership is a class A bully - Anonymous employee Visa Inc. Employee Review

2.0
29 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent benefits, good compensation, great people in the trenches who are presented with road block after road block from executive management vs. empowerment and getting things done. Visa is undergoing a culture shift to a more agile lean organization, and I sincerely hope they're successful in the long run.

Cons

In the short term though... The company is not willing to admit the executive technology leadership was the wrong person to bring in. Leadership style is that of a class A bully who would rather degrade, demean, and insult you in front of an entire room than actually perform as a leader cultivating the talent that brought Visa to where it is. Demanding only hiring of ivy league talent and people with job offers from Facebook and Google is not the solution to a culture shift in a financial organization, and senseless executive style blogging on linkedin is not an effective motivation tool. The exit door is spinning faster than the entry door, and management is not willing to expose the primary reason which has been called out in countless exit interviews over and over again.

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