Rift between management and development - Anonymous employee UNFI Employee Review

2.0
Dec 9, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Office and surrounding area very scenic; great people to work with, and very talented developers.

Cons

Disconnect between how management and developers communicate - non-technical managers often hand down projects/deadlines that are contradictory to feedback/estimates delivered by development teams. The attitude towards IT projects has been stuck under a "quickest, cheapest" mentality for a long time, though this is fortunately changing. There is a mountain of code debt that has been accumulating for years, to the point development on new projects is often stalled by forgotten business logic and back-end service caveats. Few perks for employees - on-site cafeteria, but bring your own k-cups since you can't even expect free coffee here. Employee on-boarding process through HR left out a lot of information, and any questions on HR processes have to be answered via 800-number.

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3.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Some good people work here

Cons

It Management team has been together for years and resists any change. 100% top down. Personal initiative is not overly welcome. Too many of the less senior managers know nothing practical.

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