All that glitters..... - Anonymous employee Pinterest Employee Review

1.0
Feb 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- market rate/good compensation packages- including equity - broad work experience opportunities (at this stage) - potential for high impact in your work - market industry perks- nice offices, snacks, etc - employee networking is strong, many talented people - 7 year vested stock exercising option - access to quality networking opportunities with Eng events and product launches - positive press and impression in market - potential to be an amazing product - strong kool aid! - at will employment....

Cons

- people getting fired impulsively, unscrupulously, and/or over e-mail (in one instance, the firing of a couple people was sent to an entire alias, albeit mistakenly, but messy nonetheless) - I am temperamentally and emotionally ill-equipped to work in hostile and toxic workplaces - trust is a two way street and when a company lies to its employees it's hard to maintain that trust. Life is too short to have to watch your back inside the building. - lack of development interest from managers - complete opacity in decision making from leaders - cliques and mean girls/guys- competitive environment - when I tried to hire for diversity, I was told I needed to be "calibrated for what we are looking for"- which meant more of the same- and people the lead would "want to be friends with"-which meant those that thought the same and wouldn't question things - only company value practiced is "put pinners first"- go, be authentic, and knit were more like wishful guidelines - people being afraid to speak openly without consequence (rightfully so)

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