Politics and vapor ware win over Innovation - Software Engineer CDK Global Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There’s good potential in the automotive tech space for innovation in which the company participates.

Cons

I worked for the company over a number of years during which CDK lead in online innovations among its competitors. About two years ago a devisive, highly political CTO was appointed and the health and well being of the technology crew went consistently downhill. Tantrums at meetings, no long-term strategy, bullying and jockeying to be on tiger teams, and rollbacks of agile and continuous delivery contributed to the decline of the environment. Big software announcements were made publicly for software that wasn’t developed, then tiger teams assembled to make it real. In the midst of the technology swirl, each year brought a more stripped down version of healthcare than the last (it was the worst I’ve experienced in my professional career). I left and found a tech job in Seattle with a 35% pay increase, a great healthcare plan, and a smart local team to work with.

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