Empowering...but also tolerating incompetence. - Senior Software Engineer MetLife Employee Review

3.0
Mar 16, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

* Management is willing to let employees to step up and take initiatives * Flexible and balanced work hours * Flat structure

Cons

* Everyone is equal: competent or incompetent. A variation of ""From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." * Unwilling to experiment in new technology or new developments unless absolutely required * Extremely bureaucratic at times

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Cons

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