Challenging and Fulfilling Work - Software Engineer Whatnot Employee Review

5.0
Jan 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Get to work with great people, Great pay and Benefits, Frequent exposure of customer stories reminds us who we are working for and the good we are doing for them. Very inspiring to be enabling small business owners to make their dreams come true. The massive focus on value driven work is a huge selling point for me, I feel like my values are aligned with the stated values of the company and we are all expected to strive for them.

Cons

Can be exhausting at times since the work is never done. Not having dedicated QA can be draining since engineers need to mitigate and manage every step of bug reporting including routing or attempting to duplicate issues.

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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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