Terrible Employer - Shady, Political, Toxic, Low Pay - Marketing Director FICO Employee Review

1.0
Sep 16, 2023
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Pros

Remote work policy is good for most departments, not all.

Cons

ABYSMALLY low salaries and poor benefits! Essentially they only offer catastrophe health insurance plans with extremely high-deductibles, they will overwork you and not care (even over holidays), poor work-life balance, constant changes because they don’t truly know what they are doing, want everything done ad-hoc on the cheap but expect large budget and timeline results. They want offshore interns to do expert pro level work. Will never happen! They can’t pay their employees fair market salaries but they can throw big expensive VIP events to treat the executives like kings where they stay in hotel penthouses and pay celebrities to come speak and be around them. Total prima donna’s. Wrong priorities and it is so blatantly done. Marketing organization is run by an oligarchy of micro-managers, control freaks, narcissists, and plain old liars. Extremely political. You will only get ahead if you are in the right clique and do enough a** kissing of the right people. They don’t care about skills or the quality of your work performance. They also promote only if you are the right race and gender for their HR targets - woke politics, as another review here mentions is very true. Some very shady HR policies. You must play the politics games and drink the corporate kool-aid (like the 1990s). The execs love the sound of their own voices, speak like TV evangelists, have egos as big as here to the moon and think they are the experts in every area under the sun. There is no culture. Very boring stereotypical company overall. Not environmentally friendly, rampant jet-setting culture and printed waste. Tons of disorganization, layoffs typically 1-2x a year. Lots of offshoring or selling off parts of the business. Just look how they moved their HQ to some tiny town in Montana to save a buck. Everyone is just trying to please the C-level suite by saying yes to everything. While they travel, wine and dine on the company dime. They think they’re too good to even be engaged on Glassdoor - shows you how much they care. Was treated disrespectfully and very unprofessional after many years of service. I have never felt more like just a number instead of person than my time at FICO. There are relentless users here, even up to my last day people were out to get last favors from me. Avoid - very little perks of working at this toxic pit. Don’t let them take advantage of you by underpaying you for what you do - they are snakes and the big promotion or raise will never come. They don’t pay or take care of their people well. The old revolving door method. Couldn’t wait to leave.

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5.0
Mar 6, 2026
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Pros

Salary, work life balance, people

Cons

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4.0
Jan 24, 2026
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Pros

FICO is a great place to work as a software engineer. I had a very positive experience collaborating with smart, thoughtful teammates on technically interesting problems that have real-world impact at scale. The engineering culture values code quality, thoughtful design, and pragmatic decision-making over hype. Leadership was supportive, expectations were clear, and there was a strong emphasis on ownership and accountability. Overall, it’s an excellent environment for engineers who enjoy working on meaningful systems in a stable, well-run organization.

Cons

Slower pace of change compared to startups or high-growth tech companies, which can feel restrictive if you prefer rapid experimentation. Legacy systems and tech debt in parts of the organization that require patience and careful refactoring. Process-heavy at times, with multiple reviews or approvals slowing delivery. Less emphasis on cutting-edge frameworks—the focus is more on stability and correctness than chasing the newest tools.

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