Wayfair Associate Director Engineering reviews

4.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(5 total reviews)
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Niraj Shah

65% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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5 reviews
4.0
Sep 13, 2019
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Pros

I've been at Wayfair for 6 months and, over the course of my 30+ year career, it is by far one of the best environments I've been in. Wayfair pays a lot of attention to culture, as a result the lines of communication are open and the employees are all playing for the same team; there doesn't seem to be a lot of internal politics. I'm really impressed with the talent of the organization. This is a really notable accomplishment considering the rate at which Wayfair has been hiring. Employees are given a lot of autonomy to make decisions. The company pivots quickly to either embrace a new, potentially winning, idea or shed an under performing feature. Another thing that is really nice about Wayfair is there is a lot of opportunity for career progression and development. As a manager, I really like this as I have the ability to really help my team reach their potential.

Cons

As a manager it can be hard to attract talent because the interview process is difficult, our base pay is low relative to the rest of the market (made up for with stock and bonus), and there are not a lot of company paid holidays, and health benefits are not on par with the companies we compete with for talent.

5.0
Sep 11, 2019
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Pros

Wayfair has been an amazing place to work. It's a very collaborative environment, a cool office, and so many opportunities. It's the type of place where people are encouraged to pursue the work/projects/roles that they're interested in, passionate about, or skilled at. Basically, if there's something you want to pursue, you aren't told no. You're expected to put together a plan, build consensus for your ideas, and make it happen. I've been here just over two years and I've worked previously at everything from small startups to companies much larger than Wayfair. I like that Wayfair has a small company feel and attitude in a lot of ways, but at the same time there are so many smart, helpful people to bounce ideas off of and work together with. We're very results-driven, and people are open to change.

Cons

The coffee is not great, but I've found that if you select double espresso on the machines, and add that to a cup of ice, with a little milk, it's pretty ok. Another downside is code review taking longer than it probably should, but there is an engineering-wide effort to put some new tools and processes in place to address that, and it looks quite promising.

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