Great co-workers and benefits, but extreme toxic leadership culture - Staff Engineer Visa Inc. Employee Review

2.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great co-workers, some leaders with integrity from Al Kelly time, great benefits, 401k, what used to be great WLB.

Cons

-Incompetent CTO and leadership, specially at the Sr Dr/ VP level, moved from Msft in troves. -No focus on product/features delivery using AI, rather useless AI tools to track productivity (LOC and other laughable outdated metrics). -All Optics, no innovation, decades behind Fintechs like Stripe in innovation. -Extreme toxic culture and politics at leadership level.

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5.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hiring process was straightforward and smooth.

Cons

Haven't started yet so we will see.

4.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people, fairly stable company. Generally not as high burn as technology. It is a “fine” place to work.

Cons

Pretty political and going through major organizational design where you can’t get promoted unless someone quits or gets fired. No real upward career path past the Director level. Everything moving to low cost locations and flattening, talent is slightly above middle of the pack.

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