UPS Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.6

84% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)
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Carol B. Tomé

94% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated UPS with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. UPS is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Transport & Logistik industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Aug 28, 2020
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Pros

Absolutely none. Seriously, this is the worst place on the face of the Earth.

Cons

There are so many cons I'm not sure where to start.... -The company badly wants to bust unions. So much that they have an internal UPS "Super Pac". They try to strong arm you into voting for candidates that are against unions and employee rights (meaning against YOUR best interests), while spinning it as actually in your best interest. Anyone with half a brain can see through this. -You will give to the United Way. Doesn't matter if you don't like them, already donated to something else, etc. It's not about helping others for UPS, it's about getting their name in the press and looking good. -The environment and mindset is stuck in the 1950s. No facial hair of any sort, day old stubble can get you into trouble. Seriously. Managers rule with an iron fist, employees are scum that will work and do exactly what they are told, no questions asked. And don't even try to suggest something for improvement, management doesn't value your opinion. -My manager, on more than one occasion, told me that she would have hired a woman instead of me had she been able to find one qualified. Yes, this really happened. -My manager consistently was passive aggressive about a week of vacation that I negotiated (as I had scheduled/paid for it 6 months prior) as part of my hiring deal. Every chance she had, she would point out that I hadn't even been here a year and had already had a week off, often in front of higher ups. -Seriously bad, way over the top micromanaging. I've never seen anything so bad in my 21 years of professional work experience. I literally had anxiety issues after a couple of months. -At one point I needed a webserver in our development environment so I could actually do the work I was assigned. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that installing a webserver in development (non-prod), was a fireable offensive. I was speechless. -Offices and office furniture that looked like they came from the 1970s. Much is open floor plan, which nobody likes. -Bad onboarding. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. I had my new hire orientation 5 months after being hired. I left for a new job about a week after. After 1 month I knew I needed to leave and find something normal, it was that bad.

3.0
Sep 18, 2015

Not great for IT

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits if your single. Pension Plan

Cons

Working spouses do not get insurance. Your immediate manager will make or break your career. The beauracracy here is horrible- innovation is stifled because it creates a ton load of extra work. Lots of middle managers with no direction. The pay is sub par compared to other companies. No advancement

2.0
Oct 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Large company, stable employment, nice training initiatives

Cons

Ever since Mike Eskew stepped down as CEO, the corporate culture spiralled downward. The new CEO was a beancounter, and every action had to be justified in terms of direct ROI. As a result, a lot of software bugs never got fixed, because nobody wanted to take the risk of trying to make something better if people were used to it being barely mediocre. So, most of people efforts devolved down to CYA, as they took away every perq that made the place worth working there. There are better places to work that pay more and actually value emplyoee contributions.

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