- no upward growth at all
- really bad tech culture
- 10 years behind any tech company in terms of tech
Clover faces a real problem with it's engineering culture. A few people hold all the power and all decisions must pass through them. Teams aren't allowed to experiment with new technologies unless it goes through a technical review. The problem is the technical review is by people who don't want change, and also want to continue to have all the power (thinking about squads having their own deployment ability? Good luck).
All decisions are made by headquarters, sometimes without involving remote offices at all. Remote offices are losing their benefits and perks, have to fight for their existence, and are secluded from the engineering decision process frequently.
Code repository is stored on prem in California and is practically unusable anywhere outside CA. Internet is unusable in headquarters, which means meetings with the main office go nowhere because your can't hear anything. Offering to help with this goes no where and just leads to something that sounds pretty much like "svl engineers will look at it eventually".
