Terrible place to work - Senior Software Engineer CDK Global Employee Review

1.0
Jun 20, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Convenient office location. Can't think of anything else...

Cons

They outsource everything to India. US employees have to do mostly support. Late nights or early mornings calls with Indian colleagues few times a week is a usual thing here. As an employee in Seattle, I had my line manager in India whom I've never seen. This is ridiculous! On my project employees in the US were supposed to participate in on-call support rotation which included weekends and this wasn't paid. Management doesn't care about product quality. Most of the employees are demotivated and hate working there. Too many layoffs, it's not secure to stay there. Awful health insurance and benefits in general. Combine this with pay which is way below the market. There are many more issues in this company, it will take too much time to describe them all. My advice is to avoid this company and find something better. Fortunately, there are many great companies in Seattle. Good luck!

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Cons

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Pros

Competitive pay and benefits (if that outweighs a toxic culture for you. My time at CDK has shown me what good leadership does NOT look like.

Cons

Leadership and management culture were the biggest issues. Poor managers are protected and good employees are left carrying the consequences. There is a strong culture of micromanagement, shifting expectations, and documentation over development. Honest feedback wasn't valued and accountability seemed to stop at management. Over time I watched team morale suffer, trust disappearing, and fellow talented employees leaving in sake of their sanity.

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