Don't be fooled by "Best Place to Work" propoganda -- Not a very nice place work at all! - Software Engineer Intuit Employee Review

1.0
May 30, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

* Compensation was decent * Flex-time (though you'll pay for it nights & weekends)

Cons

Where do I start? To begin with, management is not what you would consider "top calibre" -- I wonder if some of them even have degrees. Regardless, the company makes most of its money from 2 or 3 cash-cow products and they jealously guard these sacred cows. Understandable. The problem is that the company really falls on its face encouraging and stimulating innovation. In fact, the company secretly sabotages efforts at innovation from within. Furthermore, all that stifled creative energy gets turned inward into a really nasty political environment. It's one of those companies where every year 5 or 10% of its staff have to be jettisoned. And if you don't know who this year's sacrificial lamb is -- then its YOU.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Great engineering culture, supportive team, strong mentorship, and meaningful intern projects with real product impact.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 7, 2026
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Pros

Pays well, nice work notebooks, don't check office attendance until they need someone to fire

Cons

My whole team and management up to VP level are on visa or offshore. They're not interested in including other cultures. No direction except looking good for immediate manager. Lots of favouritism too. Expectation to accommodate offshore times. Tech is a legacy hodgepodge of unnecessary implementations that only we're made for the resume of the developer. People let go randomly, so no use to work hard or smart, only thing that matters is if the right manager likes you.

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