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      3.1

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (1,241 total reviews)
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      Emily Whittaker

      8% approve of CEO

      33% positive business outlook

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      Shutterfly has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Shutterfly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      1.0
      Jun 25, 2025

      Constant layoffs

      Designer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      You'll meet talented, hardworking people!

      Cons

      I was part of a company-wide reorg where many creative roles were eliminated. Officially, it was about removing job titles and building more cross-functional teams, but in practice, it seemed like a cost-cutting move. Designers were already working across multiple channels, so the justification didn’t add up. Unfortunately, Shutterfly has a pattern of layoffs, even after strong performance quarters. There isn't much culture...the culture markets itself as collaborative and innovative, but behind the scenes, decisions often come down to budgets over people.

      1.0
      May 13, 2025

      Consistently Poor Leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great folks on the ground doing the work. Made a lot of strong working relationships and there are many folks I still talk to after we all left; most of us left after layoffs or because of the poor work environment.

      Cons

      - Leadership is inconsistent and terrible. During my 3ish years there, we went through three Presidents/CEOs, three C-suite pyramid heads, and 3 department VPs. The changeover made so much top-down thrash, and the leadership-level decision-making was progressively worse. I will never work for a venture-capital-owned company again. - During my 3ish years, five rounds of layoffs hit my department. The layoffs continue, and the 3rd Tuesday in January is known to the IC-level workers as "Layoff Day" because it's basically become an annualized event. The layoffs are also done in a seemingly thoughtless way: the last one I was at the company for eliminated all the people of color and all of the top-performers in our department. - Pay equity is a mess, and HR does not care enough about the problem to fix it. They are the staple of the adage "HR is not your friend".

      2.0
      Apr 24, 2025

      Poor Transparency

      Software development engineer in test (sdet) ii
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good staff members, collaborative and approachable colleagues.

      Cons

      Very less collaboration or transparency with top management. Was given a new project to lead, after two week got laid off. Absolutely no prior communication and poor decision making in their part.

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