Discovery, Inc. reviews

Project management is a total mess - cargo-cult style agile rituals without any of the benefits of actually...being agile. I know this is a common complaint, but seriously: Discovery was the worst at this that I've seen in a decade in this industry. There was no real rhyme or reason to our processes- we did them like that because managers demanded it. Initiatives and deadlines are determined at a high level and handed to engineering teams without giving them a chance to scoper the work or discuss deadlines. Unclear what many managers and PMs do byound requesting status and "checking in" on deadlines. An endless stream of unfocused, pointless meetings that interrupt workflow. Project managers sniping at and insulting, rather than supporting teams and engineers when they run into trouble/blockers or lag for any reason. Poor morale across teams and a cut-throat culture of competition between teams. An adversarial relationship between engineering, product, and QA (who are third party and paid per bug- which leads to a lot of false positive bugs). Shouting matches between senior product people and engineers in meetings weren't uncommon. An old media company that wants to be a tech company but doesn't want to adapt to tech-company style of work. Felt like management didn't care about burnout or solving problems with processes because they have enough cash and resources to throw at their problems until they get results. Made me feel like cannon fodder. The money is good, and if you can stomach all of the above for the money- it might work for you. For me, it wasn't worth even a higher than average salary.

Long hours. Tons of stress. Backstabbing encouraged. Brown-nosers rewarded. Hard work not recognized. No loyalty. Few perks.