Inspired Everyday - Anonymous employee Pinterest Employee Review

5.0
May 31, 2019
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Pros

Pinterest is one of the best jobs I've had! The company has an amazing work-life balance, and is very flexible for people with families. It's not uncommon to see people leaving at 4pm to go pick up their kids, working from home on Wednesdays, etc. For career mobility, it seems like managers are generally supportive of people exploring different paths. I've noticed that managers are much more receptive to internal candidates than I've seen at other companies, so it's a great place to go if you want to try something new (though you still need to go through interviews and be solid performer). On culture, people joke about Pinterest being "too nice", but I find it refreshing to work with people who genuinely care about me as a person, and will go out of their way to help. I love coming to work everyday because of the people on my team! The workplace, pincuisine, and security teams are also wonderful and seem really happy, which I think speaks to how well Pinterest treats employees across the company.

Cons

Some orgs are better than others in terms of management, work-life balance and career mobility, so it really depends on your manager/leader of the org (which I guess happens as we get bigger). We can also be slow to let go of underperformers. Compensation and benefits are competitive, but not astounding. However, worklife balance and not commuting to South Bay make up for that easily.

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I’m so glad you feel inspired to work at Pinterest, even after a couple of years at the company! We think carefully and take employee feedback into highest consideration when creating our benefits, so it’s great to hear that you’re getting use out of and enjoying them. We’ll keep working on our side to keep Pinterest accountable and keep employees inspired! Jo, CHRO

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