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      Wayfair

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      Wayfair reviews

      3.1

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (6,866 total reviews)
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      Niraj Shah

      28% approve of CEO

      27% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Wayfair has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,866 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wayfair employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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      7K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 20, 2016

      Lay off the koolaid

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work-life balance was good, a lot of snacks, great office location, the office is nice.

      Cons

      People have terrible and unjustified egos, everyone's had too much of their own kool aid and think they're amazing engineers on par with Google etc. when in reality the company is full of sub-par engineers (which is apparent by how little they pay their engineers). They claim to be a meritocracy but questioning the status-quo is never respected and works more like a high school clique.

      4.0
      Dec 5, 2015

      Happy...

      Management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Interesting work, great base pay and equity package, nice culture. Fast pace. No time for boredom. Not sure why people are complaining about compensation... They pay based on skill level and what you make already. I am paid well above market rate.

      Cons

      Commute. Company needs structure before it grows too big. No process around anything. Some tenured employees deserve significant pay hike to bring them to market value. Too much partying at times.

      3.0
      Aug 31, 2015

      Great people and culture, so-so for engineering

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Friendly, nurturing culture -Fun environment for 20/30-somethings -People who perform well often get promoted

      Cons

      -Messy, buggy codebase -Company stingy about investing in new technology/equipment -Culture of getting things done quickly even if they are partially broken -Becoming increasingly corporate, with BS meetings and superficial productivity metrics that encourage quantity over quality -Pay below market average -Work-life balance not always great for engineers, depending on team. Sometimes engineers have to work late into the night or be on-call during weekends -Supposedly transparency is a core value of the company, but many important decisions are made behind closed doors -Employees and managers vary greatly with respect to engineering ability and communication skills -Not an exciting company to work for in terms of its mission (selling furniture, and beating out local Mom & Pop furniture stores)

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