This company is not what they seem. - Anonymous employee Figma Employee Review

1.0
Feb 6, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They pay well, provide meals & snacks in hubs.

Cons

-Inaccessible leadership, even at director & manager levels -Confusing secrecy. There are problems with the way you are doing things, but we won't tell you exactly what the problems are, we'll occasionally change what the problems are, and we won't tell you where the feedback is coming from. -Retaliatory behavior. If you complain about the wrong person, even if that person is showing blatant disrespect or even illegally harassing you, their friends in management will retaliate -Lack of organization. Projects can't get done because you can't get a consensus on getting them done. -Zero trust. You're not able to do your job unless multiple people approve every aspect. There is micromanaging at a level I've never seen before. -There is a serious communication issue. You will not get the information you need or be told where what little information you have is coming from. You will then be told that you need to communicate better.

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5.0
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Pros

- great culture - impactful team

Cons

- actually i enjoyed my time at Figma

2.0
Mar 20, 2026
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Pros

* decent work life balance. I don't think there's a hustle culture per se * leadership is exceptionally smart and personable (but see issues on execution below) * humble eng team, few egos

Cons

My biggest shock when I joined this company was just how bad the execution on the product team actually is. I had assumed a company with a beloved product must have an excellent product org, but far from it! Seems like most of Figma's successes were accidental, or due to some early engineers' visionary work. Mainly, this company does not know how to ship AI products incrementally. Specifically the org that builds Figma AI is constantly stuck in the cycle of: * CEO gets scared by something on Twitter * Product engineers rush to build a demo for new features that'll "save the company" * Prototype gets rushed, customers are unhappy * Overpaid team of PhD researchers gets pulled in to hill climb on quality, but takes too long to make meaningful progress * Customers get even more angry * Product team adds(!) scope * The market has moved on to the next shiny AI thing * We scrap the project, or are asked to do the next, even bigger thing * ... and so on, ad infinitum, but no meaningful AI products ever ship. But hey, they pay pretty well!

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