Intuit reviews

4.2

83% would recommend to a friend

(11,738 total reviews)
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78% positive business outlook

Intuit has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 11,738 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Intuit employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jun 25, 2015
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Pros

Great culture Smart engineers Average bay area pay Regular Corp benefits

Cons

Its a silicon valley misfit. They try to create an environment like google, hire a lot of highly paid smart people to innovate around just 2 major products Quickbooks and Turbotax and these products have their own challenges like, tough global expansion, govt. compliance etc. The management realizes very late that they are spending a lot of money equivalent to Google or Salesforce, but not generating as much net profit. Result : Constant Lay Offs. Every Year. Yes, the company is listed on the fortune best places to work for, but notice that the rank is dropping. Also, the folks who are probably the most happiest with the company are interns and early career engineers as they dont understand business so well. One more big CON : A lot lot lot of middle management and on top of that very few managers are technical. There are situations where a Senior Manager(barely technical) manages a small set of entry level engineers. That job can be done by a Tech Lead at a lower cost and higher efficiency. The funny thing is that these managers are called leaders and the company spends a lot of money on developing leadership skills for these managers. In a day to day life ,these are just supervisors, who have no idea what they are doing other than getting fancy title, fat paychecks and not so needed recognition. The speak a lot of values, but when you display the values, you get beaten by stupid middle management.

1.0
Sep 20, 2014
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Pros

Nice gym, offices, pay is good, engineers are friendly, cafeteria with many choices

Cons

Where do I begin. First, before you accept an offer at Intuit you should read many of the posts on Glassdoor that express Cons. Here are some of the posts that I absolutely agree with: "You are evaluated based on your level of obedience." "The basic culture of the team in San Diego is to find someone to blame for a mistake and then fire that person." "A manager has free will, HR is for namesake." "poor middle-management" "RIF every year after tax season and re-organization" "You have your own thoughts and ideas -- they are NOT welcome here. " "To survive you have to 'Be Yourself - The Intuit Way' (yep, it's an oxymoron, but that is the best way I've come to describe it)" Don't judge a book by its cover means don't let the nice external grounds and office environment that you see during an interview make your decision on accepting a position. Consider what others have said who have actually worked at Intuit San Diego. First and foremost you will find that your pay is not commensurate for the amount of time required to fulfill your job. That is, take your annually salary and divide by 60 hours per week which is what many work to keep up with deadlines. Your hourly wage has just been lowered. Second, the San Diego CTO dev part of the company and specifically the "Services Fabric Team" has a host of managers whose agenda is to please their upper managers rather than to lead and inspire a team of intelligent engineers. You'll find it stressful and NOT rewarding work. You'll find that many have quit the company for better opportunities or have been quietly fired. Third, if you have a problem with a manager you'll have to keep it to yourself. Do NOT turn to human resources! The bottom line is that HR will ALWAYS side with a manager. Sorry, but that's how it is at Intuit. Fourth, I agree with what others have said -- to work at Intuit in San Diego you can only succeed if you allow Intuit to mold you. Do not express your own opinions and follow the Intuit culture even if you don't agree. Otherwise, you will be that person to blame. Intuit is a good place for the college hires who don't have experience working for other corporations. Intuit likes the fact that college hires are easily moldable!

2.0
Sep 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Talented, bright, passionate employees who are committed to their customers and teammates.

Cons

Recent re-orgs, while seemingly in line with the recent economic downturn, have left us spread so thin that we are crippled by our limited staff and resources. It can take upwards of months to have data uploaded, reports created, or products developed. Prior to the reorg, this was most certainly not the case. Teams working as skeleton crews are taking work home and continuing until 3 or 4 in the morning, as a means of simply completing their daily tasks. Morale is beyond "low." Upon hearing of our acquisiton of Mint, most of my team rolled their eyes and shook their heads. So thats where our bonuses went.... People were let go not because of a lack of systems knowledge, education, years of experience, or lack of productivity, but rather because of favortism, or for speaking out. We do not have an open environment where serious issues affecting us on a daily basis can be painly spoken of, anyone not towing the line is soon rid of. When an employee questions a decision, they are reminded that they are lucky to even be employed in this economy. I have enjoyed many years at this company with people I considered family. My work was challenging and engaging, and I loved what I did. Now, I operate with 50% less people and am expected to do 50% more work, and watch my team spin in circles, accomplishing nothing.

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