Visa Inc. Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Visa Inc. full-time for more than a year

Pros – Excellent financial performance
Evolving/improving corporate culture
Smart hardworking talent base
Healthy communicative environment
Great benefits & work life balance

Cons – Can be conservative at times
More creative thinkers needed

Advice to Senior Management – While our clients are banks, Visa is not a bank. Our clients need us to be innovative and creative where they cannot. Challenge Visa employees to think bigger and empower them to do bigger--and support these activities with cutting edge resources.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Visa Inc. full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible manager (at the time)
Salaries
Benefits

Cons – Poor management skills
Flexible work arrangements for the chosen few

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Visa Inc. full-time

Pros – Smart, diverse and professional people and friendly culture. Great benefits and competitive salary/bonuses. Plenty of autonomy. Flexible work schedule (I work from home 1-2x/week).

Cons – It can be a bit political in some groups. New ideas are encouraged, but processes are sometimes slow to change.

Advice to Senior Management – Please maintain the work/life balance and ability for flexible schedules/work from home, which differentiates us from most other companies.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Visa Inc. full-time

Pros – large company resources and funding

Cons – slow product rollout and not nimble

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Visa Inc. full-time for less than a year

Pros – There is not much to say other than the company offers competitive benefits. Some people find them great; my opinion is that they are the same offered by other companies 15 years ago. Also, looks like their policies are the same, regardless of region. Sorry, but living in San Francisco or West Virginia is very different than living in Miami; some benefits should be different, according to region/city.

Cons – They look at their bottom line only, not giving any thought to employee development and growth. No job advancement opportunities. They only look for qualifications and don't ever consider potential. Also, what is going on with all that smoking? There is a whole outdoor section setup for smokers. Makes me think Visa has strong interest in the tobacco industry!

Advice to Senior Management – Evolve in the way you view trust. The world of business is becoming very, very social, and digitized. Open your mind and let innovative (not necessarily young) people contribute. Stop being control-freaks and give some autonomy (to self direct and engage), mastery (challenging but achievable tasks/jobs), and purpose (making a contribution) to your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Visa Inc.

Pros – location was easy to get to, right off the 101/92
I can't think of anything else I liked about working at Visa! Honestly, I can't!

Cons – weird titles, can't tell who is Sr. to you and Jr. to you
lots of people who are looking for something to do
worked in e-commerce, had no idea how the rest of the business worked (no visibility)

Advice to Senior Management – You can't expand globally to 5 different regions at the same time without increasing investment in product

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

Former Employee – worked at Visa Inc. as an intern for less than a year

Pros – They give you a lot of responsibility, and autonomy to lead the project your way. The team has a lot of expertise and is always available to help. The projects work in a consulting fashion. If someone from other department needs your expertise, they will file a request for a project.

Cons – You have a team but you will conduct the project on your own, or with external consulting firms or agencies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Visa Inc. full-time for more than a year

Pros – Pay is above market, though not far above market
Mature people, fairly smart and knowledgeable, reasonable level of professionalism
Reasonable work-life balance
Good brand to have on your resume if you are interested in payments

Cons – Huge amount of red tape. Culture of using overweight process to squash new people an their enthusiasm.
99% of people here are stuck. It seems like even 30 year olds are just waiting for their retirement. So weird!
Absolutely no dynamism in most of company.
Extremely political, though most employees are mature and professional.

Advice to Senior Management – Cut down the red tape, try to create a more dynamic culture. If hungry people get fired quickly, that will be a long term problem for your company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Visa Inc. as an intern for less than a year

Pros – -Co-workers great at providing the necessary background information on the industry
-Very cordial, respectful, and helpful work environment, from senior management all the way to analysts
- Meaningful projects from day one that were often international in scope

Cons – -High learning curve at the beginning of the internship process, as the payments industry is more complex than it looks
-HR was not very clear about full time opportunities after the internship process and should have a more formal internship to analyst process

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what you're doing - the payments systems industry is a growth industry and will continue to be one for the foreseeable future

Current Employee – been working at Visa Inc. full-time for more than a year

Pros – The people are what makes it a great job to come to everyday. Like any bigger company, there will always be pros and cons, but having great colleagues is what sets an employer apart from others.

Cons – The commute from my home

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company