Casey's Reviews

IT is seen as a cost-center despite obvious ways in which technology can be used to drive revenue. Big culture gap between what leaders/managers say they value in all-hands and what they do in the day-to-day. Far too many people in management and leadership positions which has drained the staffing budget and created a deeply political organization that has immense difficulty completing even the simplest of projects. The authority to make decisions is very fragmented. It is not uncommon to require a dozen or more people involved to resolve a minor technical problem. Many teams are buried in support work due to crippling technical debt. It has created a self-reinforcing loop of making short-term decisions that have bad long-term consequences in order to complete a project. As an engineer you spend a lot of time simply navigating the organization in order to complete your day-to-day work. Promotions and other rewards are primarily granted to those who are skilled at politicking. Being good at engineering is a difficult path to success. Because of the problems above, the interesting and important projects are contracted out to Deloitte or other firms because Casey's IT is too weak as an organization to build it.

- Benefits are not great and not competitive with other corporate environments (corporate employees are not the same as the stores!!!) - No paid parental leave from the company (you only get short term disability, FMLA unpaid, or sick/vacation), so men and adoptions get nothing - Pay increase is now down to a maximum of 2% annually (we used to get 5%+) - No bonus program or educational reimbursement - Business dress at corporate is ridiculous, just let employees wear jeans with polos/blouses and they'd be happier with their jobs at zero cost - No cross departmental communication or coordination - No onsite gym or deals with local gyms - Extremely resistant to change of any kind by all employees (staff through executive) - So many employees have been here 20+ years that they are in positions they're not qualified for and holding the company back from potential - No room for movement as very few management positions open up - Company is run extremely lean with minimal employees so a lot is expected out of every department - The culture in general needs a lot of work (no diversity, somewhat sexist, every person for themselves) - We had an actual tornado emergency where you could see the tornado from corporate, and it was complete chaos (execs and management didn't even know what to do) - The company won't spend money unless it makes them money, so no investment in the people - A lot of new hires with great potential leave within the first few years because they can get better pay, benefits, work, etc. at other companies in the area... It's only a matter of time before more people the same