Shutterfly reviews

There is entirely too much middle management. My team of roughly 12 had 3 project managers and a product manager. Often miscommunication would hinder feature development for days at a time. Circular discussions were commonplace, and there was a lack of regard for the professional opinions of the engineering department. A literal chasm existed between the business and creative side (they are in separate buildings), and the lack of communication and consultation about what is technically feasible given man-hour constraints led to mandatory weekends of work which could have been avoided entirely. The philosophy here is definitely "the end justifies the means". They care very little for maintainability or providing safeguards for the future.

Upper management does not have concern for employees, morale, and work / life balance. The focus is only on products and providing good service to external customers but not the employees who are doing the work. They take advantage of temporary workers on a long-term basis and dangle the carrot of potentially becoming an employee of Shutterfly, which rarely happens. Shutterfly lacks basic corporate infrastructure on many levels. Unfortunately, due to the significance of the con's Shutterfly deserves a very dissatisfied rating.