Work hard play hard - ML Scientist Whatnot Employee Review

5.0
Dec 12, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Work hard, great engineering culture. Incredibly smart and competent people, but friendly and non-intimidating. Quarterly team offsites and biannual company offsites balance the loneliness of remote work

Cons

Remote-first can feel a bit lonely at times, nobody really goes to the offices in NYC, LA, SF

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Strong culture, leadership really encourages feedback and listens/acts. I feel very supported by my manager and loyal to the company and the mission

Cons

Whatnot is all-consuming sometimes, but none of the work feels like a waste of time like at other companies

2.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good healthcare and good benefits.

Cons

Increasingly corporate culture Benefits slowly being rolled back every year Must use PTO for any holidays you want off as Ops agent/specialist Utter lack of leadership. Revolving door of managers because they refuse to promote internally for years Repetitive, dull work Toxic work culture. Very petty people in management who don’t accept anything but yes men Virtually no training established and hardly any SOPs written. What little there are of both are very poorly executed (aka people brand new to the work doing the training) No upward mobility whatsoever Arbitrary pay scales and performance reviews not necessarily aligned with performance or tenure. Disclaimer: experience entirely dependent on what team you’re on. Avoid T&R like the plague.

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