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Upward mobility is reserved for people with no technical skills but great at cronyism Product team in the most important non payment group is a joke, but unfortunately they have ears of Directors and higher ups. Since there is no "real" interactive session with engineers, management has no clue of reality and is mis guided by the product team. Product teams ends up getting all the credit / promotions for the work done by engineering team. This is depressing and sad. Very traditional management style. "Yes Sir / Madam" is most welcome. If there is any dis agreement or alternate view points, ideas are not fought, people who brought them up will be under the bus. Frequent re-orgs and lack of accountability at management level is just annoying. Huge mistakes by management are simply ignored / rewarded. Engineers pay the price almost always by putting in long hours and weekends to cover up for the mistakes done by management.

Two of the company values are "Do the right thing" and "Be open, honest and direct". Sounds good, but it is apparently to be ignoring by everyone from team lead and up. Discriminating people for having a disability by giving them a hard time when they are off sick with the flu is not doing the right thing. People with disabilities can get the flu just like any other person. And sending them to a disciplinary hearing (yes that's what they call it) with the message that it's because of concerns about the other health issues and that this might cause extra sick days in the future is certainly not the right thing. Especially not if said person simply had the flu and did not take a single minute off regarding this disability. Furthermore, later on denying that this comment wasn't made is not being honest and punishment through false accusations and a bad performance review for being open and direct about seeking legal advice is unacceptable. None of the values have been followed in this case. Other than that it is ridiculous to expect grown ups to constantly show off how well the are at their job by making them boast about in the meetings and thro laughable competitions. We are adults, not children who need a sticker from the teacher. Just leave us alone so we can do the actual job. Some of talk about doing their job more than actually doing it, and are rewarded for it with condescending praise. Yes, great value that. Oh by the way, winning these competitions will result in little more than a pat on the back. Not really worth spending your time on, especially if you are being hounded to reach a high amount of productivity. Also, stop trying to dictate what people do in their free time by openly frowning upon them not spending it on work related activities and nights out that aren't even team related and that we have to pay for ourselves. This is "stimulated" in a very pushy manner. Some people have a life outside of work. It's supposed to be a company, not a cult, and nobody can join in every single time. Especially not if they have to pay for it. If I could give zero stars, I would.