Great people and fast-paced environment, but tough promotions - Anonymous employee Snap Employee Review

3.0
May 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Worked there for over five years, and honestly, the people were what made it such a great experience. I joined before the Snap Inc. IPO, so it was a very fast-paced environment where you had to think quickly, solve problems, and build scalable processes on the fly. That was actually something I really enjoyed, since I thrive in environments where I can move fast, create structure, and help teams scale.

Cons

As the company continued to scale, career growth became more competitive, and promotions were not always tied solely to performance. Like many larger organizations, visibility, timing, and internal dynamics could also play a role—so that’s something worth being mindful of.

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Pros

- Great base comp - Unlimited PTO - Good food at offices

Cons

- Leadership is incompetent. This company will die and when it does, it will be no one's fault other than Evan. - If you disagree with leadership and speak up, you will be punished. All SMC VPs hired each other from past companies. They are all corporate ladder climbers from Meta with no morals. - Being a leader at Snap means leading through fear and regularly throwing tantrums in conference rooms. - The ads business is a joke. No matter how many ex-[insert big tech name] engineers work on the product, you can't monetize an audience of 13 year olds or people who's sole use case for this app is inappropriate. - There is truly nothing redeeming about this business, B2C or B2B. It's all smoke and mirrors. I've never seen the population of monetizable users grow, it's only gone down since I've joined. To offset this we acquire the cheapest users possible to appease investors who see straight through this BS.

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