Very political and clanish - Principal Engineer Sonos Employee Review

3.0
Jun 26, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great technology Great benefits Smart people

Cons

Very clanish - if you are not one of the oldies, you can never make it here Very political - managers are terrible politicians and given the constant set of layoffs, it feels like they are constantly doing backroom deals to keep people they like vs the people who matter. This stems from a culture set from the top.

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5.0
May 17, 2026
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Pros

Great culture. People are humble.

Cons

In some teams engineers have to find projects themselves instead of waiting for roadmap which is good also but sometimes frustrating.

3.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work. Passionate people. Good product. Remote.

Cons

Some bad managers. They lost their footing resulting in lack of company vision. Struggled to find working styles that elevated the company (they wanted to grow yet operate like a start up)

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