Not currently a happy work environment - Anonymous employee Equifax Employee Review

2.0
Jan 25, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fair pay and benefits. In addition flexible work schedules are often permitted.

Cons

In years past there was usually a shared sense of loyalty and common purpose between management and employees. That has been completely discarded under the new management imported from GE (Rick Smith). Morale has truly bitten the dust. The new performance review forces ratings onto a bell curve per group. Only ten percent are eligible for an outstanding rating. If your group is small, say 10 people, then only one can be rated outstanding. That also means that one person must be rated poor. That person's name is guarenteed to be on the list for the next round of layoffs should they occur. Imagine how this affects the morale of a group if they are all above average.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

My direct manager. Comp plan if you’re lucky enough to find several whale clients, and if you’re lucky, the commission is approved.

Cons

There are a lot. First, office politics. Equifax expects employees to be very corporate and robotic. Metrics metrics metrics. 100% focused on revenue, not customers. Metrics, metrics, metrics. PIP overuse. Even when you’re 150% to yearly plan 6mo in, they expect 300%. Make sure to keep receipts. Senior management will find the most ridiculous ways to push reps out, continently right before a huge payout of a very delayed commission plan. (Sell something in Jan 2025, you will only get a fraction of commission until June 26). That’s if the exception committee approves payout (which never happens). If you sell a big deal, don’t expect to get paid 100% of what the plan says.

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