Avoid at all costs - Anonymous employee Snap Employee Review

1.0
Feb 26, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-great coworkers -benefits are covered 100% -free food The vibe and perks at this company was at its peak pre-IPO. It's been on a steady decline ever since and you could feel the pressure with having to live up to wall street expectations which is stressful. The pay is okay but not great. The only real bright spot here are the people you get to work with who are amazing (although there were a few backstabbers willing to drive the bus over you just to get ahead, but you'll find those at almost any company).

Cons

-management team -expect to work longggggg hours This place is basically a startup that is disguised as a public company with recent college grads who have no idea how to run a business esp the CEO. If you enjoy a company with structure and thought out processes, this is not the place for you. To future applicants: just be cautious with your offer and don't be tempted by the attractive sign on bonus that vests over a significant period of time.

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- 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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