Does Shutterfly pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shutterfly employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shutterfly. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Shutterfly?

45% of Shutterfly employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Shutterfly 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Shutterfly?

Machine Operator (49) , Customer Service Representative (36) , Software Engineer (31) , Photographer (29) , Manager (23) , Production Designer (19) , Senior Software Engineer (15) , Director (14) , Sales Associate/Photographer (11) , Senior Product Manager (11) , Core Photographer (10) , Senior Marketing Manager (10) , Data Engineer (9) , Product Manager (9) , Production (9)

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

"Great people with tons of talent and heart who enjoyed each other both professionally and socially." ((in 161 reviews)); "Good work life balance: Option to work from home sometimes; PTO" ((in 74 reviews)); "The job is interesting and has a good pay" ((in 62 reviews)); "Benefits were good and some of my co" ((in 48 reviews)); "Great coworkers and everyone works hard." ((in 35 reviews))

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

"poor management and not enough employee to do the task" ((in 68 reviews)); "There are plenty of BAD managers too." ((in 40 reviews)); "Long hours and not enough employees" ((in 28 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and restructuring of the company" ((in 27 reviews)); "Leadership is inconsistent and terrible." ((in 27 reviews))

What are employees saying about Shutterfly layoffs in 2026?

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

What Shutterfly locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Mountain View , Sunnyvale , Houston , Charlotte , Dallas , New York , Plano

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Shutterfly reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,236 total reviews)

Emily Whittaker

8% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture & values

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Shutterfly has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,236 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Jul 4, 2015

Fun Place to Work

Machine operator ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I got a chance to work with a really fun crew. Management somehow dropped the ball on how they treated their employees and then everyone that was hired on from day 1 started leaving including myself.

Cons

Upper management didn't seem to care about their people.

3.0

May 29, 2015

Politics Galore!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Shutterfly creates great products and really cares about its customers. As an employee, if you are intelligent, work hard, and work for the right manager, you can succeed and be happy there.

Cons

Sadly, they don't care about their employees as much as their customers. Politics are raging at Shutterfly. One single engineering manager caused 8 really great engineers to quit. HR was oblivious.

3.0

Jan 29, 2015

Good place to work, some pros/cons

Director marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture Fantastic product Fun people to work with - you really want to come in each day A lot of very smart people that will challenge you each day. You definitely won't get bored and will learn a lot Excellent, collaborative, team mentality Recognition for talent with internal promotions, although overall growth opportunities can be limited once you hit a certain job level Bonus gets paid out quarterly Very fair employee review process Generous stock plan and stock increases

Cons

Adversity to innovate If someone doesn't agree with your idea, you will get buried with data exercises Extremely tight-fisted with budgets, including staffing Commute is bad, no commuter check benefits for train, shuttles, or ability to WFH (impacts work/life balance somewhat) Lack of clear product marketing strategy Senior Management often inserts itself into the weeds/minutia on day-to-day (micromanagement of implementational teams); too many cooks in the kitchen No 401K matching

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