Great people, terrible management - Software Engineer Pinterest Employee Review

2.0
Nov 26, 2015
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Pros

Coworkers are some of the greatest people I've known, both professionally and personally. I have learned so much from them. They are what made my time at Pinterest worthwhile. The product is interesting and exciting.

Cons

Besides the CEO, laughably terrible management. Engineering leaders are incredibly weak in every aspect: technically, people management, product management, etc. The company is completely and utterly directionless. Not surprisingly the product quality is quickly declining.

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Work life balance, great office, smart colleagues

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

WLB Remote work (which is slowly ending). Strong ICs

Cons

Poor leadership vision, strategy, and execution. Rebranding products that already exist as net new to chase a headline. Unclear career growth unless you are internally connected to “the right people”. Middle management that is there to boost their career / repackage IC ideas as their own with zero credit. RTO rollout was botched leading to senior sellers leaving. Lots of toxic positivity and virtue signaling

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