Ok for early career--terrible for mid career or later - Senior Director Visa Inc. Employee Review

2.0
11 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Comp is decent (although the current CEO is cutting everyone's bonus other than his and the leadership team it seems) Solid place for someone to start their career but would recommend leaving after a few years Work / Life balance is good Read the 2 stars as 3 stars for someone fresh out of school and 1 star after that.

Cons

For mid-career or beyond, joining the company is a pretty bad experience. There's a ton of long term relationships / politics that lead to incompetent folks being promoted simply because of who they know. This then breeds a culture where high performers in lower levels are laid off because they're a threat to the incompetent leaders. Overall pace is incredibly slow and bureaucratic with most people looking to find reasons not to do things vs. doing them. While there are some bright spots in the company--the average level of talent is pretty mediocre so you won't find your thinking challenged by others often.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good pay for the experience

Cons

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2.0
7 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great co-workers, some leaders with integrity from Al Kelly time, great benefits, 401k, what used to be great WLB.

Cons

-Incompetent CTO and leadership, specially at the Sr Dr/ VP level, moved from Msft in troves. -No focus on product/features delivery using AI, rather useless AI tools to track productivity (LOC and other laughable outdated metrics). -All Optics, no innovation, decades behind Fintechs like Stripe in innovation. -Extreme toxic culture and politics at leadership level.

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