Smart people, chaotic management, frequent reorgs - Vice President Engineering MassMutual Employee Review

2.0
Dec 31, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The engineering teams I worked with were some of the brightest I've ever worked with. Pay was very good.

Cons

During my 2 years - there were numerous reorganizations that resulted in layoffs. It seemed to happen every 4-6 months. This created a lot of instability for employees - always looking over our shoulder expecting to be tapped by HR for the layoff conversation.

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Cons

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