Engineering has fallen from it's previous glory - Software Engineer New Relic Employee Review

I am truly sorry that you feel disempowered and micromanaged as a result of this experience. A lot of organizations go through this phase through which they can choose to either 1. become more bureaucratic or, 2. develop an organizational structure that allows local teams to have real ownership of their work. We've spent a lot of energy the last six months on Project Upscale (https://blog.newrelic.com/2016/06/28/project-upscale-video/), with the goal of becoming the second type of company. The aim of this project is to give local teams autonomy and ownership of what they need to ship independently to customers, to make it feel like you're shipping in a small company (fast, frequent delivery with short feedback loops), with all the benefits of being in a larger company (solid services and platforms to build on). Feedback so far suggests we are making progress but we look forward to seeing more improvement over the next several months. We are also making changes that allow individuals to have more autonomy by creating communities of practice for each technology and working to create more opportunities for engineers to contribute on efforts that impact multiple teams. These are all steps toward making New Relic a better place to work. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. Alex Kroman Group VP of Engineering