Figma reviews

While the product itself is world-class, the internal operational culture suffers from a profound lack of managerial consistency and strategic protection. There is a visible disconnect between middle management and the day-to-day execution of the work. Managers frequently operate as "absentees" during the critical developmental phases of a project, only to reappear for high-stakes reviews where they provide disruptive, late-stage feedback that often resets progress entirely. Furthermore, the organizational structure promotes a "pillar-based" silo system that breeds political maneuvering over cross-functional collaboration. Individual contributors are rarely shielded from these upper-level frictions, leading to a state of constant "thrash" where projects are pivoted or reduced to incremental changes to appease internal stakeholders rather than to serve the user. There is a pervasive sentiment that management is primarily incentivized by upward-facing optics and personal career positioning rather than the professional growth, mental well-being, or retention of their direct reports. This has led to a noticeable decline in morale across several teams.

Uh, hyper growth with 0 support. We doubled our product suite and didn’t hire to help scale that. No work life balance. Everyone is expected to be so incredibly passionate, expectations are so so high. You could put your 120% in and work 60 hours and get a meets expectations. Marketing salaries are not competitive. The AI pressure has crept up and started to annoy the community and tbh, Internal teams. Lots of people are leaving because the company has changed so much and the burnout is real, it’s simply not worth it anymore. What was 4 years ago is simply a dream.