Intuit reviews

In 2008, Intuit acquired a small unprofitable company whose CEO happened to be the golden child of Intuit's Chairman. While this acquisition only affected the Mountain View headquarters (Intuit's Small Business Division), it had a dramatic impact on the culture. The environment rapidly shifted from a focus on rational and data-driven decision making to an environment where self-serving opinions, politics and strong-arming of employees became the norm. This shift is mainly attributable to that small company's CEO being "integrated" into Intuit's ranks despite his open contempt for Intuit's ways. Intuit's culture needed to change. But changing a culture to adapt to a new reality doesn't mean you need to violate the company's core values such as "it's the people", "integrity without compromise" or "think smart, move fast." Unfortunately, these values are now being trampled on a daily basis. Today, a much larger number of employees is looking to leave. Screaming in meetings is apparently no longer frowned upon and employees driven to tears is becoming habitual.

This place used to be a highly sought after employer. Employees were proud to work here, encouraged to architect sound code, and collaborate on proper solutions to achieve success. Now there is so much pressure on velocity that whoever can hack code the fastest gets rewarded. New features and offers are poorly vetted, rushed through to delivery, and produce disappointing outcomes. The stack ranking policy that has been implemented recently will surely finish off the good culture and positive morale here.