okay place to work but not so great - Senior Software Engineer CDK Global Employee Review

3.0
Aug 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can have good balance between work and family life. Managers are very good on personal level. They pursue the technology in their field very strongly. Now their engineering department at redwood city has got various departments in order to communicate well so its a good initiative that changes are happening. They honor various cultures and in fact one time we had Indian cultural show their which was very succesful event.

Cons

no career path. it was great when it was startup but now its like any other big company. Rather than having better communication betwen groups and making things work, lots of blame game is played.

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 2, 2026
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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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