A disappointing end - Cyber Security Analyst FIS Employee Review

2.0
Mar 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some flexibility in working hours Ability to work with a range of technologies both old and new Experience working with the worlds largest payments processor

Cons

After FIS acquired Worldpay, they reduced all employees salary, notifying everyone they were legally allowed to do so. Even being legal to do so, this demonstrated that FIS was not a company that values its employees. This and numerous redundancies resulted in Worldpay becoming a shell of what it once was in the UK. The Security organisation was dysfunctional and it seemed to be solely compliance driven without any knowledge or understanding of newer technologies used by Worldpay. This led to a lot of attempts to use solutions which did not work with the different technologies they acquired. Unfortunately, this was driven by cost cutting and FIS employees preference in tooling, therefore not using the solution that was right for the job. For a company that prides itself on being a "FinTech" this approach seemed counterintuitive. Work life balance was also difficult as US colleagues often disregarded time differences, scheduling calls late into the evening.

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FIS Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear that you gained valuable experience working for one of the leading companies in fintech. As FIS continues to grow and develop through a mix of organic growth and acquisitions and sometimes that requires change across various aspects of the organization, including reorganization in business units. Since you are no longer an active FIS colleague, we can’t get more details on your feedback with regards to the cons you have mentioned but, we wish you the best of luck.

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