TransUnion Software Developer reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(134 total reviews)
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Christopher Cartwright

89% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated TransUnion with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 134 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. TransUnion is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Gerenciamento e consultoria industry (3.7 stars).

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134 reviews
3.0
Jul 15, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, good people (for the most part), and a solid work-life balance.

Cons

The company's world revolves around Chicago (and Austin to a lesser extent). If you're not in Chicago (or Austin) your office probably won't get mentioned unless you're being shamed for doing something wrong. Given the company's core focus, information security is of the utmost concern. For most day-to-day employees this is no big deal, but if you're a software engineer InfoSec will quickly become the bane of your existence. By default, developers do not have local admin rights to their PCs/laptops. Instead you are given elevated privs on an app-by-app basis through clunky, obtrusive middleware. InfoSec also routinely brings your PC to its knees by pushing 15-20 windows updates to it all at once - usually when you're trying to get crap done. Need software installed? Get ahead of the curve. The process is cumbersome and time-consuming, and if the software isn't on the "approved list" you may be outta luck. Wanna install it yourself? Good luck. You don't have admin privs.

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TransUnion Response
8y
Your review is important to TU, so thank you for taking time to share your experience. We value your feedback so if you would like to discuss it further email us at LifeAtTU@transunion.com.
2.0
Mar 24, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers (developers) are mostly smart, open minded... Based on your social skills or affiliations, you have little/no work on most days. Covered parking is rewarded to good employees as a recognition. Good challenges such as big data problems to discuss, understand and then ...

Cons

In general, there is a lot of exclusion, secrecy, racism, nepotism, hierarchy status, ... Some of management practices causes issues/conflicts/resentment. For example, some issues are resolved while some are used to cause further rift. Growth is null but the perks/assistance are based on your favoritism/IP scale.

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TransUnion Response
9y
Thank you for sharing a review of your time at TransUnion. I’m happy to put you in contact with a member of our HR team, if you’d like to discuss further. Email us at LifeAtTU@transunion.com.
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