As a IT professional, you'll probably be happier elsewhere - Software Engineer III Gap Inc. Employee Review

For permanent IT at 2 Folsom (HQs), salaries are NOT competitive with the rest of the SF Bay Area. HR and legal work with middle management on how to avoid litigation with employees older than 55 who have issues with management. Your annual paper reviews are no longer on paper (or even electronic), so they can claim that you're sub par in your performance and have been like that for months or years even though everyone else sees you as the rock start who can solve IT problems no one else can figure out. In the 9 years I worked there, I had 9 different supervisors. The corporate culture used to be great, but now . . . well, if you're into office politics and brown-nosing, go for it.