Is Pinterest a good company to work for?

Pinterest has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,277 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Pinterest to a friend and 42% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Pinterest have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , Software Engineer Intern 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 (151) , Account Manager (57) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , Partner Manager (28) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Data Scientist (17) , Software Engineer(Internship) (17) , Software Engineer Intern (16) , Product Designer (13) , Program Manager (12) , 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?

"People I worked with were great" ((in 163 reviews)); "Targets are achievable and the benefits are great." ((in 101 reviews)); "Good work life balance and generally interesting projects" ((in 78 reviews)); "the pay is good" ((in 41 reviews)); "Great people and teams" ((in 41 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 44 reviews)); "Inexperienced and insensitive middle management." ((in 10 reviews)); "Not exempt from layoffs and resource shorages" ((in 8 reviews)); "Diversity is a huge problem, especially for women." ((in 8 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 Pinterest locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Los Angeles , New York , San Francisco , Chicago , Seattle

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Pinterest reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(992 total reviews)

Bill Ready

49% approve of CEO

42% 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

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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Reviews by job title

992 reviews

1.0

Dec 12, 2014

Disappointing (especially for women)

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office, fun team activities

Cons

Not a good place for women: only one woman on the leadership team and women struggle to be successful in many teams. engineers do not seem to care (or use) the product.

1.0

Jan 12, 2016

Dead Product

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not much by now given the abysmal outlook of the company growth potential. Leadership willing to spend some money to make the office look great - fake it till you make it style.

Cons

Another internal reviewer indicated rightly about stagnant growth and monetization efforts looking bleak. Current valuations may be hard for recent employees to justify the opportunity cost of working at Pinterest versus other more established public companies. Top down management where Product and Design trumps Engineering. Core product led by inexperienced PM that has no clue on how to manage life cycles, knit, or generate innovative features. Low morale across many engineering ranks. Potential downturn and talent bleed this year. Well connected personnels are allowed to fail and point fingers. Talented folks are slowly disappearing month over month.

1.0

Apr 18, 2016

Incompetent Leadership

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a job that has all the bells and whistles.

Cons

Leadership does not know how to address negative feedback. They sweep problems under the rug. Diversity is a huge problem, especially for women. The reason why there are so many great reviews on here is because HR makes sure to bribe people to write only positive reviews.

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