Intuit reviews

Intuit used to be a great place to work, but it has turned unbelievably political in that last year or so (starting when Brad Smith took over as CEO). Constant re-orgs are management's attempt to fix things vs. coming up with a solid strategy to win. Lay-off decisions (and I agree that they were necessary in this economy) seem to come down to if you're a friend or were on the team of the latest VP you stay, but if you've disagreed with/challenged him in the past, you're gone. And if you're unlucky enough to work for someone who has disagreed with him in the past, you're out of luck too. As a result, if you want to keep your job, you've got to go along with whatever sr. management says and don't rock the boat. They say they want innovation and an open culture, but that's not the case these days. Adding to the troubles, groups within the same business unit often have conflicting goals so end up competing against each other rather than acting as a single company.

A few years ago Intuit bought alot of companies and most of the purchases were horrid decisions. MyCoporation.Com comes to mind. Because of these purchases and the revolving door in leadership the brunt of the fixes offered by the new management fell on the employees and still does according to my cronies that still work there. Thier middle management is horrid, not understanding how to manage remote employees and the constant influx of them hiring their buddies makes it pretty much not worth trying. If Intuit would look at all the people they have paid a hiring reward to and see where they placed the employees....they would get a clue. It was fun to watch hiring managers get referral bonuses to fill positions with their friends. I remember one whole development team in the woodland hills campus that was from the same group of friends.