Netspend Reviews

Pros

Great people to work with. Feels like a family environment

Cons

Going through a lot of changes and adapting to a bigger company vibe.

Pros

1. Above average benefits 2. People are very helpful

Cons

Too much organizational changes which is causing confusion among employees No career growth

Pros

Netspend seemed to strike a nice balance between large enough to provide decent stability, benefits, and compensation and small enough to not be burdened with too much bureaucracy. I found management provided clear direction and was generally competent. Most of the staff was approachable, down to earth, and friendly.

Cons

Compensation could've been better from my point of view. Perhaps Management was a little too hands off at times.

Pros

They do not micromanage employees. They trust you to get the work done.

Cons

I worked as a temporary employee. I got a position somewhere else so left. They wanted me to stay as a temporary employee but needed a permanent job. Since new management, after I left, I am not able to get an interview for a job I am definitely qualified for. They have a hight turn over rate so working there may be different once you are a permanent employee.

Pros

Most of the people are great and are willing to help. Decent benefits and PTO, 5% 401K match, and maternity leave just got better - I think 8 weeks at 100%.

Cons

Very political environment Not much room for growth Lacks cultural diversity and cultural understanding Leadership needs work Blame cultural (mistakes not acceptable) Documentation of processes does not exist

Pros

The company is great and the management recognizes people who think outside of the box. Company actually listens to employees and reacts accordingly.

Cons

Legacy software stack is a bit of a bear and is difficult to navigate around, but management realizes this and is working (albeit slowly) to rectify this issue.

Pros

The cons far overshadow any Pros left here. Pay rate was near the scale average. If you're in management, you are more likely to get a promotion.

Cons

Management and upper management see a lot of promotions while neglecting the masses. Saw my manager and their director get three promotions in 2.5 years while people under them got none. They hired new replacements to fill the gaps once they advanced. Leaving reports under new management constantly. A relaxed environment turned to a stressful rule based environment.

Pros

Current developer at Netspend. Have been here for 5 years and love the team. Management is very supportive and gives me all the support they can. Pretty laid-back environment and really smart people. Excellent mission that helps people that can't get a bank account. CEO is really cool and is very ethical.

Cons

Some red-tape to deal with given it's a financial company. The IT operations and information security teams can be hard to work with and make it hard to go as fast as we'd like.

Pros

There are some Team Building exercises on occasion

Cons

Mid and upper level mangement is the worst I've seen in 15 years of Software Development. Everyone that works there has only been there less than 3-6 months. The first day I started, was told that developers only stay there about 2 weeks, because is a bunch of website re-skins. This company is a predatory lender that preys on the lower income bracket of customers and charges them exuburent fees. I sent email to H.R. To say that I needed to go to the hospital over the weekend and they said that would be my last day at NetSpend = discrimination. This company has left such a nasty taste in my mouth I'm moving out of Austin.