Good, Bad and Ugly - Software Engineer Discover Employee Review

1.0
Oct 7, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Work life balance is good in certain teams/groups * Good PTO and Training opportunities * Executive leadership (CEO, CIO, CDO etc.) is very good, they are trying to change the work culture. * Female and LGBTQ friendly * Good brand name

Cons

* Middle management (Directors, Sr.Managers) are the worse - they play office politics, and use the company/org to promote themselves. * Unethical and Unresponsive HR team. * Out-dated technology - trying to move to the cloud extremely slowly. * Caste system (white people, and to some extent Indians get promoted ) - even though they are mediocre. * Rampant favoritism and cronyism. * Too many re-orgs in the Analytics division * Talented Black people and Hispanic people are used for tokenism (to show off how progressive the company is, it's all show and mirrors. There is no real serious effort to increase Black and Hispanic employees) * Typical mid-west mentality (Executive leadership is trying to pull the company to the 21st century)

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5.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great mentorship and people leaders

Cons

Pay could be higher and work could be more technically engaging

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