Where do I even begin with this corporate wasteland? Teradata is an absolute nightmare. There's no company culture to speak of – unless you count soul-crushing apathy as a culture. In the Prague office, the only "perks" are water and coffee so terrible it makes you question your life choices.
My manager, a micromanaging phantom based in the US, exemplifies the utter disrespect for employees. She couldn't even grant an extra PTO day for my own wedding. The hypocrisy is astounding: they preach about being a "team" and a "family," but then force you to work two weekends in a row (14 straight days!) with a dismissive "thank you, this is business needs." "Business needs" is their pathetic excuse for everything, conveniently masking the fact that they're laying people off and refusing to backfill critical roles. When I started, my EMEA team had 15 people; by the time I fled, it was down to 3. I'd wager it's now just 2 poor souls shouldering the same monstrous workload.
And don't even get me started on their "Optimus Prime" automation initiative. It's a foolish, bug-riddled mess with no clear process, just a bunch of clueless individuals babbling nonsense. They pull the classic bait-and-switch too: you start in one role, a "higher" position is dangled as a promotion, and then suddenly they combine both, dumping more tasks and workload on you without a cent of additional compensation. The managers are a gallery of terrible, arrogant, Karen-like personalities. They shamelessly exploit employees in India, knowing they'll work endlessly without holidays if told, all for the sake of "business needs." Broken systems, abysmal reporting, and an absolute zero respect for their workforce. Save yourself the misery and run far, far away from Teradata.
