Eliminate the irrelevant layer of architects, your engineers are good enough to lead. - Staff Engineer Intuit Employee Review

2.0
Oct 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Support for work-life balance and a level-headed company culture

Cons

Politics, politics, politics - I was recruited into a Staff Engineering position, and within the engineering organization, things were very good. However, there is a completely irrelevant layer of "Architects" who are too out of touch to lead, and too egotistical to get the hell out of the way. It is EXTREMELY frustrating to be an engineer there - your good ideas are co-opted by architects, who then proceed to load it up with "process" and "architectese" - and completely ruin its chances of ever being implemented effectively.

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2.0
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Cons

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