Not what I expected - Anonymous employee Etsy Employee Review

2.0
Sep 29, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty good benefits. Culture has a very mature attitude about failure and human error. Interesting scale.

Cons

"Startup-like" culture is in the process of being erased, due largely to recent switch to publicly-traded status. Lots of layoffs. Constant priority inversion on all teams. Leadership unable to give a sense of direction.

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3.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

cool culture flexible work arrangements, decent pay, cool work.

Cons

outsourcing everything they can, selling all they can for parts, its a sinking ship of a company. keep in mind that they spend more on labor in Mexico city than in USA! What a sham! should be taken off US Stock exchange for that! Loosing users at a steady rate year of year. I'd avoid. no growth opportunity. Not brand vision.

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