Great Engineers Marred by Poor Management - Software Engineer Snap Employee Review

1.0
Sep 18, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

-Small teams so lots of responsibility -Lots of smart and kind people -Competitive compensation (though stock vesting is backloaded to encourage 4 years)

Cons

-Culture is toxic and stressful. Think more Amazon than Facebook. -Employees are encouraged to work long hours to make up for lackluster code design, rather than improving the code. -More focused on ops and maintenance than long-term improvements to the product -Very top-down management, with most priorities coming from higher-up management than those closer to the product

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jul 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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