Avoid this place if you want to advance your career - Anonymous employee Fastly Employee Review

1.0
Dec 3, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

pros:salary was competitive; had all perks of a "cool startup" (stocked kitchen, catered lunches a few times a week); a lot of the employees were legit nice, fun to hang out with @lunch etc

Cons

con: probably the worst leadership team I've ever seen, and this is being in SF startup life for the past 10 yrs,they watch their backs and only care about themselves without any investment in teaching others or listening to, trusting the people they hire.meetings are horribly managed here. they hem, haw, and quibble over everything, and most of the time this prevents anything from actually getting decided in a meeting or getting done at the co., period. Ironic that their product touts innovation and speed, and yet internal progress is mired in bureaucracy and gets stalled..engineering has especially seen better days at this company, although fresh blood might fix some of the deep-rooted issues

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