Pros
you've heard it all, beer and cider on tap, snack walls, quarterly parties, monthly pod outings,
Cons
Wayfair really likes to hire externally--specifically consultants. Moving up in the company is extremely difficult. It's worse when your team overhires because they're "weighed down" with the amount of work for one quarter when they really could delegate to existing team members who may have a little less to do. People here are also so willing to STEP on their team members to get ahead. They'll take work and projects from them without communicating with them, people are so willing to work dirty here, it's appalling. There's so much reshuffling and movement in the organization, the "oldest" member on any given team can be 2 years--that's not that long. People leave or join other teams, 2 years seems like the max anyone's ever willing to stay on a team. Managers will really make it or break it for you here. I unfortunately was met with a new manager after my previous manager moved to another team. They made sure to have "development" discussions--but what it really was was a way for them to state they had development discussions with their team members, but no execution or pathing. During bi-yearly reviews, they'll suggest gaining more skills or becoming more proficient in a particular area, but never give guidance. Not that we need our hands held, but as a manager, guidance should be a given. Most managers do not deserve to be managers because they don't know how to manager, but are because they were consultants. People are also EXTREMELY cliquey here. You would expect monthly pod outings and quarterly parties as an opportunity for people to meet and mingle. One other note to mention: Wayfair does not inform their employees of their HR representative. They hide it from you until the last moment. Who do you go to with issues when they're about your manager? or your team? I would say about 5% of people in my department knew who our HR reps were--and yup. They're all managers. Wayfair's HR is also not there to help you. If you're lucky, you'll meet a few individuals who truly understand you and see your potential.
