High margin company with weak management - Staff Software Engineer Pinterest Employee Review

4.0
Oct 18, 2022
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Pros

High margin market. Strong employees in certain orgs. Weak management ranks. New CEO is doing much better.

Cons

Significant attrition. Cost pressures. Activist shareholder. Junior management is inexperienced. Poor retention and compensation approaches.

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

WLB, pay, remote, culture, collaboration, ML

Cons

Recent layoff wasn’t handled well, limited career opportunities

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Pay is good, and the people are usually helpful.

Cons

Pinterest used to be the best company to work for but over the last few years it has fallen off a cliff.

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