Pinterest reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(992 total reviews)
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Bill Ready

49% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Pinterest has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 992 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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992 reviews
2.0
Apr 23, 2016

Gloomy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively moderate growth for a company with promising product.

Cons

Many B/C-players at the leadership level. Mass departures and instability recently.

2.0
Sep 1, 2023

Diversity and inclusion means nothing at Pinterest

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

Pin flex is good The pay is good as long as you understand you’re getting that money to be abused

Cons

Where do I start? The positive place of the internet has the most toxic, racist and ableist culture I’ve ever seen. If you are a woman of color managed by a white lead, be aware. Meetings and meetings that drive nothing Leadership is way too comfortable with you working 60 hours weeks and expect you to always be available. Middle managers will disregard your concerns and if you don’t play politics, you won’t get anywhere. I saw a manager bully and push out two women of color from her team, one of them disabled. Hard work doesn’t mean anything if your manager doesn’t like you. It’s all bullying, discrimination and a crappy career framework with a clueless exec team.

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Pinterest Response
2y
Thank you for your review. We appreciate your feedback as each Pinterest employee’s experience is important to us. We’ve shared this information with our internal teams, and we encourage you to reach out to the Inclusion & Diversity team or Ombuds, our confidential resource for raising work-related questions and feedback, directly to address your concerns.
1.0
Feb 8, 2016

All that glitters.....

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- market rate/good compensation packages- including equity - broad work experience opportunities (at this stage) - potential for high impact in your work - market industry perks- nice offices, snacks, etc - employee networking is strong, many talented people - 7 year vested stock exercising option - access to quality networking opportunities with Eng events and product launches - positive press and impression in market - potential to be an amazing product - strong kool aid! - at will employment....

Cons

- people getting fired impulsively, unscrupulously, and/or over e-mail (in one instance, the firing of a couple people was sent to an entire alias, albeit mistakenly, but messy nonetheless) - I am temperamentally and emotionally ill-equipped to work in hostile and toxic workplaces - trust is a two way street and when a company lies to its employees it's hard to maintain that trust. Life is too short to have to watch your back inside the building. - lack of development interest from managers - complete opacity in decision making from leaders - cliques and mean girls/guys- competitive environment - when I tried to hire for diversity, I was told I needed to be "calibrated for what we are looking for"- which meant more of the same- and people the lead would "want to be friends with"-which meant those that thought the same and wouldn't question things - only company value practiced is "put pinners first"- go, be authentic, and knit were more like wishful guidelines - people being afraid to speak openly without consequence (rightfully so)

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Pinterest Response
10y
Thank you for your honest feedback. We read every review and share the feedback with our leadership team and use the information to make Pinterest a better place to work. In regards to employees leaving the company, we handle termination decisions with a lot of empathy for the individuals impacted. Our approach is to make sure people hear feedback on their performance early and often so that there is never a surprise.
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