Good times and bad - Anonymous employee Etsy Employee Review

3.0
Dec 16, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Culture was a huge part of the reason people came and people stayed. There are amazing people who work at Etsy and the community you support is awesome.

Cons

Not everyone comes at solving a problem with community first. The company scrambles on understanding if it's a community based company or an ecommerce site. For certain departments, people move up because they are there, not because they are the most qualified. Decisions are made by people who don't understand small business and creatives.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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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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