Awesome people, strong vision, competitive perks - Software Engineer Notion Labs Employee Review

5.0
Jul 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The hiring bar is relatively high, and the company is filled with interesting and competent people. - Company leadership has a strong vision and bold ideas, and are not afraid to take risks. - Company is very deliberate when hiring, each employee tends to have lots of ownership and autonomy - Problem space is huge - plenty of opportunity to grow with "low hanging fruit" work that's common at startups. - Competitive compensation and perks for a startup. Benefits are similar to big tech companies.

Cons

- Product and design is very top-down, and engineering is generally top-down on product teams and bottom-up on infra teams. - No annual bonus. - While the company is doing well financially, Enterprise SaaS is a very competitive industry.

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3.0
Jun 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There’s an actual (free) coffee shop in the office, the workspace is beautiful, and the pay is highly competitive. For the most part, you’re working with really smart colleagues, which is great. Plus, the tool itself is widely used and loved, and it actually makes your day-to-day job a lot easier when it's running smoothly.

Cons

The high turnover here is pretty exhausting, and it feels like people are constantly leaving. Communication from management is also really stressful—there’s almost no heads-up or clear feedback if someone needs to improve, so people and even managers just get blindsided by sudden PIPs or getting let go. Roadmaps change constantly, too. While the All Hands meetings are super inspiring, they usually just spiral into management shifting direction completely and forcing you into another crazy, unrealistic deadline. On top of all that, the tool itself runs pretty slow on the production side, which just adds to the daily frustration.

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