Intuit reviews

- Not so great if : - You have experience from elsewhere - it's not valued at all, so keep yourself quiet about where you worked before - You are technical and value technical leadership, these are few and far between at Intuit. Most Sr. leadership is from marketing, not that there is anything wrong with that, but it's a SaaS company now that doesn't think knowing about technology is important. - You have your own thoughts and ideas -- they are NOT welcome here. Everything has been codified already before you get there. So if you read about some interesting model from somewhere outside the company - keep it to yourself. Everything you need to succeed, down to the words that you are expected to use, has already been defined and you MUST stick to the script (BTW the script changes frequently, so keep a list of words that are 'IN' and words that are 'OUT') - There are layoffs every year. Not sure if all companies do that, but in July-ish of every year, there are big layoffs. It's been said if you aren't sure who will be laid off this year, it's probably you - Constant re-organizations, usually every July-ish. Things like putting all of small business (payments, payroll, demand force, Quickbooks,etc) together, then taking them apart again; centralizing customer care, then putting it back in the business units - not so great if you can't conform all the time - as I mentioned, every slide format, every word you use is scripted from the myriad of models that already exist in the company - to survive you have to 'Be Yourself - The Intuit Way' (yep, it's an oxymoron, but that is the best way I've come to describe it)

Where do I even begin? For context, I worked in the marketing organization of the Small Business Division. Here are some of my random thoughts: - A culture built on a lack of accountability. Senior leaders point the blame at everyone else but themselves. - Lack of upward mobility. This is not an uncommon problem. The mindset at Intuit is that "you own your career" but it's really hard to manage this when everything is so political. The culture is shifting too - even if you do awesome, stellar work, it's not about your job performance, it's about your attitude. That is to say, they will only reward people who show fire/passion at work. - Uninspiring company. For "older" folks, maybe it's OK to not work at a company that is cutting edge. But if you thrive on innovation, this is most definitely not the place for you. - Powerpoint-heavy. Sometimes, I didn't know whether the content was more important or the format. Seriously, I can't even begin to tell you how many hours I've spent because someone wanted my slide(s) to be prettier. What a waste of time. - Strategy? Ha! That's a good one. Strategy comes and goes. It changes on a time. There is no such thing as sticking to a strategy for 1+ year. Every year, it's something different.