Pinterest reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(993 total reviews)
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Bill Ready

49% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Pinterest has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 993 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pinterest employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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993 reviews
5.0
Mar 15, 2016

Quick Review

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Pros

Incredibly smart and talented people. Growing revenue rapidly and scaling the user base internationally. The organization is continuously improving even as it has scaled.

Cons

Rapid growth means that change is continuous. Adding new leaders and changing the organizational structure faster than larger companies. I think this is the right thing to do, but it can cause churn.

2.0
Mar 14, 2016

Too nice for its own good

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Pros

- Co-workers are some of the nicest people I've ever met - Very strong brand - Users are not the typical power users of tech product which is a good thing

Cons

- Nice co-workers are also the most passive aggressive people I've met which leads to A LOT of dysfunction and ironically the most backstabbing because they can't be direct with you - A good majority of the employees don't actually use the product and actually understand why Pinners use it - Very little urgency at a company that still needs to prove itself - Hasn't launched anything meaningful in the past year - Diversity is laughable and no senior leadership except one - IMO its a huge distraction for the company when its this fake and its always bad when your chief diversity hire is the only news that the company is making - first focus on making a great product and if you really care about diversity actually hire women into senior leadership - stop faking it

1.0
Mar 5, 2016

Poorly Managed

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Pros

Product still have some potential.

Cons

After a number of high profile acquisitions post January 2015, the company culture and performance has plummeted. Here's a recap on ongoing management issues that is now at least four quarters old. - Product Management does not have a clear vision on how to direct company goals resulting in never ending planning sessions with no clear execution record. - Growth Management is incompetent. No accountability after 7 months of mismanagement. - Infrastructure reorganization and disposal of long time employees that have contributed significantly. Mistrust through management favoritism. - Bogus Chief titles and Head/Director titles. Hypocritical about maintaining a flat culture. Results don't matter, special relationships with leadership matter more. - Nobody is technical at the top. Company has outgrew them long ago. Retained for unclear reasons. - CEO haven't outgrew himself. Multiple layers of Product Management leadership that are mandating product direction, it takes about 5 layers of humans before it gets to the staff that are executing. Plus a CEO still micromanaging product directions through hunches.

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