Is Pinterest a good company to work for?

Pinterest has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,295 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Pinterest to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Pinterest have been left by employees working as Software Engineer Intern , Software Engineer(Internship) and Software Engineer .

Does Pinterest pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Pinterest employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Pinterest. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Pinterest?

60% of Pinterest employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Pinterest 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pinterest?

Software Engineer (153) , Account Manager (58) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , Partner Manager (28) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Data Scientist (18) , Software Engineer(Internship) (17) , Software Engineer Intern (15) , Product Designer (13) , Program Manager (13) , Product Manager (11) , Sales Manager (11) , Account Coordinator (9) , Senior Account Manager (9) , Software Engineer II (9)

What are the pros of working at Pinterest according to real employee reviews?

"3. People are nice and respectful" ((in 159 reviews)); "Targets are achievable and the benefits are great." ((in 97 reviews)); "Good work life balance and generally interesting projects" ((in 84 reviews)); "Great people and teams" ((in 48 reviews)); "Pay is good" ((in 44 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Pinterest according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership spends more time managing optics and public image than focusing on meaningful change or actual company performance." ((in 46 reviews)); "Inexperienced and insensitive middle management." ((in 10 reviews)); "new manager new rules, layoffs" ((in 9 reviews)); "Diversity is a huge problem, especially for women." ((in 9 reviews)); "Bad upper management (but not the CEO, he's awesome), chronic disorganization, internal politics are completely opaque, very young workforce lacks some degree of insight." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Pinterest layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Pinterest layoffs and their outlook for job security at Pinterest in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Pinterest locations?

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Pinterest reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(158 total reviews)

Bill Ready

48% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

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4.0

Jan 9, 2020

pro/con

Corporate merchandiser

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, great culture, stepping stone to better options

Cons

Low base pase, third party sourced

5.0

May 31, 2019

Inspired Everyday

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pinterest is one of the best jobs I've had! The company has an amazing work-life balance, and is very flexible for people with families. It's not uncommon to see people leaving at 4pm to go pick up their kids, working from home on Wednesdays, etc. For career mobility, it seems like managers are generally supportive of people exploring different paths. I've noticed that managers are much more receptive to internal candidates than I've seen at other companies, so it's a great place to go if you want to try something new (though you still need to go through interviews and be solid performer). On culture, people joke about Pinterest being "too nice", but I find it refreshing to work with people who genuinely care about me as a person, and will go out of their way to help. I love coming to work everyday because of the people on my team! The workplace, pincuisine, and security teams are also wonderful and seem really happy, which I think speaks to how well Pinterest treats employees across the company.

Cons

Some orgs are better than others in terms of management, work-life balance and career mobility, so it really depends on your manager/leader of the org (which I guess happens as we get bigger). We can also be slow to let go of underperformers. Compensation and benefits are competitive, but not astounding. However, worklife balance and not commuting to South Bay make up for that easily.

Pinterest Response

6y

I’m so glad you feel inspired to work at Pinterest, even after a couple of years at the company! We think carefully and take employee feedback into highest consideration when creating our benefits, so it’s great to hear that you’re getting use out of and enjoying them. We’ll keep working on our side to keep Pinterest accountable and keep employees inspired! Jo, CHRO

2.0

Feb 7, 2019

Scrambling to ipo

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice location, delicious food and average medical benefits on par with most tech companies Most colleagues are very nice people and genuinely interested in doing good for our users Generally good work life balance for most teams

Cons

The company is scrambling to ipo likely this year but moving really slowly towards this goal and not being transparent at all about what’s happening. To make their multiplier look good they have also been doing a bunch of restructuring and significant pay cuts on various teams. They really screwed some teams over by justifying these pay cuts as industry benchmarking. Very short sighted in my opinion because they are punishing employees for being loyal and doing well and the people affected are really disappointed in the company. Pretty sure a lot of people are going to quit once they ipo. Everyone is just hanging around to see how much their options are worth. Most people think their options will be worth less than what they were promised at the point of joining the company yet the recruiters still use this as a perk to attract new hires.

Pinterest Response

7y

Hi there, Thanks for your feedback. I agree that we work with some of the nicest people around and that our dedication to pinners is a cornerstone of our employee community. We build our rewards programs with employees’ personal and professional goals top of mind. Our compensation programs are market competitive and all roles are re-evaluated on a yearly basis to the market. As Pinterest grows, things will naturally change. However, we commit to communicating clearly what those changes are, the “whys” behind the decisions and why we believe they make sense for everyone-- Pinners, employees, and more. Matt, Head of Total Rewards and People Operations

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