Figma - Anonymous employee Figma Employee Review

1.0
Apr 6, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent food in office daily Decent comp/benefits

Cons

The workload was overwhelming. It wasn’t about improving the work environment or creating a more efficient process. Several people complained about the workload, and nothing was done to change this. There was zero support from management, and mentally it was too much. The only thing that was consistently clear was that Figma didn’t care about its employees. There were inconsistencies with work load across multiple teams. Figma throws lots of parties and events which are great, but you feel like you are missing out or behind if you do not attend. There are many cliques that seem to be formed early on, and it may be hard to immerse yourself within that culture. It seemed as though you were able to make many small mistakes if you were a favorite, but none if you were not. Communication overall was lacking, several managers were disliked, so you had to make sure you had one who had your best interest at heart.

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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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