Mastercard reviews

The department I am in is shifting all roles to be Technical. The lines are not clear about who is responsible for what. In addition, the latest Town Hall Meeting's roll out of the new Code Review Process is stifling. Lines of code will be a metric. How many changes/commits for a unit of work is a metric. Employee's compensation is tied to these metrics (among others within the Code Review process). We are being required to get GPG Keys to commit code to Git because we can't be trusted to use our real names in the Git Configuration. In other words, Management does not trust us.

Cut throat environment rife with nepotism. Unprofessional, bullying and dishonest behavior tolerated among middle management. Little collaboration or teamwork due to a bonus payout structure that rewards individuals for seeking personal “wins” at the expense of the team. Dictatorial management that preaches agile and empowerment but practices strict control and punishes initiative or honest feedback. Managers are not held to any performance standard or benchmarks common to the industry, and treat employees like pieces on a chess board. Very misleading recruiting practices. Dishonesty, harassment, bullying and disrespect are tolerated and excused among department management team. Many peers talk about “Golden handcuffs,” “keeping their heads down,” “avoiding getting their hands slapped,” etc.