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 159 reviews)); "Good work life balance but don't have clear career plan" ((in 73 reviews)); "The job is interesting and has a good pay" ((in 65 reviews)); "Benefits were good and some of my co" ((in 47 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 67 reviews)); "I just think I had a bad manager." ((in 39 reviews)); "Constant layoffs or restructuring of the business." ((in 27 reviews)); "Long hours and not enough employees" ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper management seems distanced from the rest of the population." ((in 23 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 are the top reviewed Shutterfly locations?

Redwood City , Fort Mill , Tempe , Shakopee , Mountain View , Eden Prairie , Phoenix , Plano , Minneapolis , San Jose , Santa Clara , Charlotte , San Francisco , Sunnyvale , Durham , Dallas , New York , Houston , Chicago , Miami , Boston , Redwood Shores , Kansas City , Chandler , Morrisville , Raleigh , Indianapolis , Cincinnati , Columbus , Bakersfield

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Shutterfly reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,237 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 1,237 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

2.0

Jun 7, 2010

How you talk - that is waht matters NOT what you talk.

It manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company based on a good social concept. Many employees are smart and capable. You get a lot of small perks like picnics, games, cookies etc.

Cons

Top Management except perhaps the CEO and CFO do not seem passionate about the company. They are hands off and clueless about how the company runs. So many sycophants under them have made this company their haven. You need not know what happened to walk away with the biggest prize in All Hands meeting. All management positions are almost always filled from outside. There is no scientific analysis of the effectiveness of the promotions and discounts, there is no cost-benefit analysis of the projects. Everything seems to work well on auto-pilot.

3.0

Jun 4, 2010

Nice people, but nothing special

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are usually nice.

Cons

You get the same political B.S. as at any other company - minus the willingness to fire people; thus, truly incompetent / disruptive employees are tolerated for far too long.

1.0

Jun 4, 2010

Shutterfly is not a place to work

Principal design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great product, some great people, good perks like free photobooks. Not much work pressure because there is not much to work for.

Cons

Bad HR policy like juniors are hired at higher salary than existing employees, so we have a bunch of new hires pulling higher salary than their supervisors. Management has no respect for your ability and contribution. The technology side is the worst offender. The management team of technolofy side is filled with industry rejects, social rejects and acad failures - completely incompetent. But you will grow fast if you watch soap operas,movies and play video games.

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