Visa

Current Employee / Senior Software Developer

Pros: - infinite tokens means you have tons of AI flexibility - work life balance WAS good, hoping that it gets back that way - awesome benefits especially if you’re starting a family. Pay is average

Cons: - no growth opportunities - affinity bias to the max - god awful management. My directors are literal narcissists - bad team culture, you’re competing with teammates to get the same position

Current Employee / Senior Software Engineer

Pros: Company has very good Work Life Balance and they are AI first.

Cons: There is a disconnect between upper management and engineers on the practical use of AI.

Current Employee / Associate Engineer

Pros: Good enough employee culture and hybrid arrangement for work life balance

Cons: Total comp and growth stifled in these more recent days

Current Employee / Product Manager

Pros: -good WLB - decent pay - decent office - fun team outings

Cons: - bad management - unclear decision making processes - bad policies - slow career growth

Current Employee / Design Engineer

Pros: You get a lot of time enjoying your life and working with your own projects

Cons: Promotion? Not possible lol. There is a huge mismatch between your title and your duty. Imagine letting an associate to build the whole system and this is what happens at Visa.

Current Employee / Software Engineer

Pros: Can learn office politics, how to scam others, learn the dark side of corporations

Cons: CEO is scamming the stock market, Bait and switch for roles and compensation, genai bullshit to fire and layoff people as much as possible, opposite of meritocracy, CEO/Leadership thinks AI as silver bullet. Leadership told improve produ...

Current Employee / Software Engineer

Pros: Good wlb & working with a team that I like

Cons: Compared to other companies its not the highest TC and questionable career growth

Current Employee / Test Engineer

Pros: Visa provides excellent exposure to payment systems, reconciliation, settlements, and modern technologies. The work culture is professional, teams are supportive, and there are good opportunities to learn and grow in fintech and payments...

Cons: Work pressure can sometimes be high during critical releases or production issues. Growth and promotion cycles may feel slow in some teams, and processes can occasionally be dependent on multiple approvals. Career movement is very slow.

Current Employee / Junior Engineer

Pros: Work life balance, I like my team and adjacent people, some time to learn and develop skills, some of the benefits are great like health insurance+carrot+parental-leave+hybrid schedule+flexible hours+HSA+stocks, a lot of people seem to c...

Cons: Too much management and bureaucracy, too many gate keepers prevents fast small team development, our cloud infra is a decade behind, AI initiatives feel forced and aren’t actually providing value, trash documentation, the last year cult...

Current Employee / Director Business Development

Pros: Handful of good colleagues who are knowledgeable and helpful. They genuinely care about their colleagues and work collaboratively.

Cons: No career growth. Always need to make sure you cya yourself. Slow processes to execute deals. If you are a sales person , reconsider.