Pathetic, sad, de-motivating - Software Engineer Equifax Employee Review

1.0
Aug 6, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Work/life balance * A few great teammates * Office locations (North Sydney)

Cons

"Let's not do it" PM oriented bureaucratic spreadsheet-based culture with minimum focus on actual work/customers/products. Lack of vision/guidence in IT. Mostly careless/clueless middle/senior management. High turnover rate. Not motivated , overstressed staff. Overengineered systems built on obsolete technologies. Some of the offices are in a very bad state (Berry St). Too much reliance on outsourcing companies.

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Pros

Great culture, but a large company

Cons

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2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

My direct manager. Comp plan if you’re lucky enough to find several whale clients, and if you’re lucky, the commission is approved.

Cons

There are a lot. First, office politics. Equifax expects employees to be very corporate and robotic. Metrics metrics metrics. 100% focused on revenue, not customers. Metrics, metrics, metrics. PIP overuse. Even when you’re 150% to yearly plan 6mo in, they expect 300%. Make sure to keep receipts. Senior management will find the most ridiculous ways to push reps out, continently right before a huge payout of a very delayed commission plan. (Sell something in Jan 2025, you will only get a fraction of commission until June 26). That’s if the exception committee approves payout (which never happens). If you sell a big deal, don’t expect to get paid 100% of what the plan says.

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