Good pay and benefits, but layoffs and micromanagement exist - Senior Principal Software Developer Shutterfly Employee Review

2.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and benefits, discretionary time off.

Cons

Most roles are being moved to India, 17 developers laid off in US in February. Middle managers are pretty basic, any independent thinking or initiative strongly criticized.

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5.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good hours and good learning ability

Cons

N/A it really don't have consequences

2.0
Jul 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Products are cool. - Company meetings are always upbeat and encouraging.

Cons

- Used to also have great culture and benefits. Now main focus is on cost-cutting and offshoring. - CTO often establishes authority through intimidation and bullying, along the lines of "I want this feature rewritten. How long will it take?" "About a week." "When I was at this other start up, it took 3 days to rewrite a feature. Why can't you do it in 3 days?!" "Well our system is much more complex to update and test and...okay we'll push off all other work and pull all-nighters and weekends and give you in 3 days since it's a CTO ask." "Why do you habitually lie and say a week when you can pull it off in 3 days?!?!" - There now also appears to be a strong ethnic/gender bias in maintaining the technical workforce. - Even when sound bytes sound right, they translate into questionable actions.

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