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Hey - I work for Chewy in Fort Lauderdale but I manage a team in Boston so I come up frequently. I’m looking for feedback from anyone who has had an experience with Chewy, good, bad or otherwise; customer or candidate (preferably the ladder). We are hiring quite a few senior technical resources (java, Scala, python) and we’re truly trying to build an awesome environment for people to work it but since we haven’t grown that large yet, so the sample size of information is small. We understand beer and catered lunches won’t take us to the finish line - would love to hear what keeps people so content at their current employer. Thanks in advance. Chewy
I love Chewy as a customer. As far as content employees- trust, recognition, support, clear direction and good management. Also, hiring anyone for training? :)
I love Chewy - super fast shipping of a specific type of prescription food that my dog needs.
I love Chewy! I exclusively buy all my dog food from there now. They sell the same dog food at local shops, sometimes for a better price when using coupons, but I still use Chewy because I know if there’s any issues I can very quickly reach a sales rep using the app and they will handle it in less than 5 mins.
+1000 I love Chewy! Awesome variety, good reviews, & an even awesome customer care. One of the very few services I would go out of my way to let others know. Keep it up!
Hook it up with a discount code and I'll tell you how it goes
Decent trucks but I prefer fords
I love how you are gathering feedback on how to build an awesome environment. My biggest barrier for considering working for Chewy is the time spent commuting into Boston. I think eventually this would be solved with autonomous driving vehicles where I can start my work day on my drive in. If you had an office in the Metro West area of Boston, I would seriously consider applying. Also, personally, I don't enjoy working from home because I love interacting with my peers in person. Thus, offering work from home time is okay, but not my personal preference.
Amen.
So I had a kinda middle of the road experience with Chewy's recruiters. They were quick to setup calls and gave decent feedback. They had reached out about a senior level FE job, I only have around 3 years of experience so it was a bit of a long shot. Got the generic too little experience email following the technical phone screen. A month later a job opened for a mid level UI developer so I reached out to the same recruiter and got one email back saying "it might be a good fit" and never heard anything more. I think no WFH flexibility would've been problematic since my commute is over an hour and I live in MA (a lot of companies offer this). I understand why you do technical phone screens but people tend to perform better when you actually let them code so I'd highly recommend doing a coding challenge on CodePen in a screen share or something (for FE roles at least)
I've met/know several peeps who've left Amazon(HQ), Orange Theory Fitness (HQ), and Apple (Retail) to join Chewy at the Fort Lauderdale offices and they've all mentioned that the executives are engaged,empowering, and inclusive. The ladder being a big reason why they left their companies to join. The AMZN and OTF people are Executives and speak highly. Democracy and candor is IN right now, and will take you to the finish line. Alongside of growth opportunities. From what I'm hearing- you guys are doing things right, don't scale and lose those principles. Hope this helps.
Friend of mine just told me chewy was awesome for buying dog food
It's a little hard to swallow for me
Certainly not every company is for everyone - there's no perfect culture. But, how do you mean exactly?
I think s/he was joking.