FICO Reviews

I have been working at FICO

Pros – Free and friendly culture.
Good exposure to business.

Cons – Management style is rather laidback, so you have to be more proactive to build up your own carrer path.

I have been working at FICO full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Work life balance is good

Cons – Hard to grow in this company, no matter how good or bad are you.

Advice to Senior Management – Expect more from your people, and fulfill expectations of your people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at FICO full-time for more than a year

Pros – I honestly can't think of any. Use this place as a stepping stone if you have to.

Cons – The old-timers know every so often there will be layoffs, so why show the ropes to the newcomers? It's mainly the new hires that go, but they do get some of the veterans, so it's co-worker vs co-worker. On a weekend, one of our offshores approached me and asked why the atmosphere was so unfriendly. I assured him it wasn't anything about him, FICO is just ... creepy.

Advice to Senior Management – Enjoy your huge bonuses (only the top 30% of employees get any pay increase by policy).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at FICO full-time for less than a year

Pros – I had a great manager, and great team. Fun, exciting, and challenging work.

Cons – Little-to-no training opportunities. On-boarding consisted of PPTs and a quiz. There were 2 previous layoffs to mine before office space was consolidated between Minneapolis and Arden Hills. Former Arden Hills campus had 4 office buildings, by the time I was laid off there were only 2 occupied buildings left - the smallest two, with plenty of empty cubicles to go around.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on growing the business and your talent instead of constantly acquiring and absorbing various entities. Encourage innovation with the staff you already have, instead of the acquiring/layoff cycle.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at FICO full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – The people at FICO are great to work with. You also are provided with the technology to perform your job as well as a flexible schedule.

Cons – Aligning individual and team goals with department goals can be a challenge.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at FICO full-time for more than a year

Pros – I worked with great people. Smart, fun, giving of their time. Company culture was open to remote and flexible work arrangements. Pay was good.

Cons – My manager understood the business and was very supportive of his employees. That wasn't the case with all management. Business was slowing and layoffs were not uncommon. Health benefits not good with high deductibles.

Advice to Senior Management – Communication was lacking. Employees felt no connection to senior management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at FICO full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Stable work with a relatively structured schedule
Nice and smart people on the teams
The flexibility of telecommuting

Cons – Lack of upward mobility if your team is small and you are junior
Lack of culture
Benefits leave something to be desired
regular layoffs

Advice to Senior Management – FICO needs to make some drastic changes if it wants to compete with all the new tech companies in the Bay Area. Make keeping up with current technologies a priority.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at FICO full-time for more than a year

Pros – A few people I worked with were very smart

Cons – No culture, no value
Politics between different teams.
Stupid and authoritative senior managers who didn't know analytics.
No future potential.

Advice to Senior Management – Get your culture right.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at FICO full-time

Pros – Employee friendly culture and relaxed work timings. Has some good people working although numbers are reducing.

Cons – Too flat grade structure and low compensation for junior levels.

Advice to Senior Management – Take feedback from employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at FICO full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Working at FICO was a great experience. There were great people with extensive industry experience and they had great benefits.

Cons – Not enough appreciation by management for efforts related account management and client satisfaction

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend