Management created a divided workforce - Anonymous employee Visa Inc. Employee Review

2.0
12 Nov 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Solid business, strong balance sheet, tons of cash, work life balance

Cons

The recent changes in employee compensation and benefit have been very demoralizing - Take company performance out of individual contributor's bonus calculation - Take away 6% pension to match market practice without compensating employees in other areas ( e.g. equity award, which is also a general market practice in bay area) - Raise health care expense 15-20%. - No salary raise (inflation adjustment), not even for the promoted ones. This is particularly hard to understand when the company is doing fine financially and has invested heavily in a lot of business deals, initiatives and office expansion/renovation projects in expensive areas. It's even hard to understand when senior executives have increased investment the corporate jets/hangar and c-level executive just received multi-millions sign on bonus. It's very sad to see the company deliver such a important change via an email and made little effort to mange the change process other than limit the annual enrollment meeting to a conference room that can seat no more than 40 people so there won't be hundreds and thousands angry employees gather together and fight on this topic.

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5.0
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Pros

office, culture, leadership are great

Cons

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2.0
25 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellent work-life balance, strong 401(k) match, and generally good benefits. There are smart, hardworking people across the company from all walks of life, and the Visa name still carries weight on a resume.

Cons

The work-life balance comes with a tradeoff: innovation moves at a glacial pace. In my experience, Visa was a highly political organization where visibility and relationships often mattered more than performance. Career growth felt slow, especially for high-performing mid-career employees looking to expand their scope or take ownership. There was constant organizational churn. In two years, I had three managers and made it through multiple reorgs, but our entire team lived in constant fear of ongoing layoffs. Layoffs and restructuring felt far more common than leadership acknowledged, which created a disconnect between company messaging and employee reality. The lack of trust for executive leadership is readily apparent across all internal channels. My org was not particularly valued, compensation lagged the market, and the return-to-office rollout was/continues to be handled poorly and rigidly. If you're looking for stability, predictable work, and reasonable hours, Visa can be a good fit. If you're a high performer looking for speed, creativity, ownership, and growth, there are better places to spend your time (and your paycheck will probably be higher).

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