Corporate politics and tribal behavior - Senior Data Scientist Visa Inc. Employee Review

Too many managers, most of them without anyone reporting into them. There's also no clear guidelines on how teams are formed, a new manager with zero people managing experience somehow can hire 6 new external headcount, all of the same race and ethnicity. Promotions are all opportunistic, you basically camp the internal hiring job board everyday, and pitch yourself for the next higher role that you want. Meritocracy is a joke here, it's the typical work being rewarded with more work, your purpose is to help your manager get promoted. it's 80% relationships and sales talk here.