Good place to work but not to build a career. - Senior Software Engineer J. Crew Employee Review

3.0
Aug 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Really good work/life balance. Great location for the HQ in the East Village. Senior IT leadership are making changes for the better. Nice amount of vacation days.

Cons

The place is a bit of a circus sometimes. There are a bunch of very dramatic personalities that can be tough to deal with. Positive changes are hard to implement due to the very political nature of the environment. People get very comfortable with confusing and roundabout processes that constantly stop working. The original codebase is very tough to work with. You must be a self motivated person to change things or else be trapped constantly patching broken systems. Compensation is way below market value.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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