Pay is high. You’ll get more for the same level compared to Meta or Google.
Floundering leadership Blatant favoritism Flat growth over a decade Bleeding employees like crazy
All the people I talked to in my interview loops and during team sell calls all were at Snap for like 4+ years. One dude was one of the first thirty engineers at Snap. In an industry notorious for job hopping and with the handful of complaints I've seen (e.g. slow promotions (especially L4 to L5), ...Read more
random pictures of groceries, gym, bay area views, bay area complaint images, somrone installing windows 11, someones slow internet speed, and a panda express. and then there is one story with a random pic of some girl in a bra that has the most likes... literally the most lame content you can imag...Read more
SWE’s at Snap hows the work life balance? I have looked at reviews and I’m seeing mixed results. On Glassdoor it seems like in Seattle engineers don’t like the wlb, but in Santa Monica and SF I see less complaints. TC 150k YOE: 3
https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/tech-layoffs-google-amazon-zillow-18481421.php "Google announced cuts within its Users & Products team, which is responsible for addressing user complaints regarding its consumer services, the Information reported. Snap is streamlining its operations, trimm...Read more
#tiktok #bytedance #snap i was running out of space on my phone so i opened analyzer app and saw tiktok using 50 gb. i opened settings and it was almost 49 gb cache usage. why is there no automatic cache clear or space limit? im going to be filing complaints to tiktok HR, US gov , xi jinping, and ti...Read more
https://apnews.com/article/social-media-seattle-lawsuits-mental-health-965a8f373e3bfed8157571912cc3b542 The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental h...Read more
My wife shared her Fmla start date as next Monday with her manager and he was pissed. You could tell he didn’t like being not in control and huffed and puffed inside. He mumbled pc words like family first etc - no solace, no compassion and then very sternly moved her Pip meeting from next Friday to ...Read more
Joseph Cantrell, the Microsoft employee who terrorized and attacked another Microsoft employee should never have been hired. He was a mentally ill drug addict with paranoid delusions, and delusions of grandeur. His journal which he published publicly with his name attached was available for anyone ...Read more
My manager is consistently underperforming. Not delivering his basic tasks, easily overwhelmed, not paying attention during meetings, hostile behavior/mood swings, constant absences. There is more concerning behavior too like hiring his buddies regardless of their background or fit for a role, and f...Read more
I know it's a seasonal trend to hate on Facebook and bandwagon around it, but I just want to really understand the entire reasoning behind it. Is it because of the "whistleblower"s take that they genuinely they push forward hate speech and knowingly harm their users? Facebook is very transparent fo...Read more
Corporate investment in residential real estate set records in 2021, with private equity and public funds snatching up nearly 1 in 5 U.S. homes by the end of the year. But the Bay Area? Nope. Investors bought up just 4% of the homes sold in the San Jose metro area, and 6% in San Francisco and the E...Read more
DO NOT work in the SDR org. Snowflake may be a prestigious tech company, and non-Sales might be okay, but if you want to work in the SDR org, seriously, don’t. I quit, and here’s why: 1. There's *immense* misalignment between SDRs and AEs, at the fault of sales leadership. SDRs are expected to book...Read more
Last updated: 7/21/2019 TL;DR: If you sign with Amazon, expect only paltry base raises and no new stock grants until the 5th year even if you get promoted. If you don’t, your TC will actually drop to the bottom of band so that’s a cliff in its own way. What you see in the offer letter is all you’re...Read more
This is what growth at all costs looks like. Deel is a sh1tsh0w for accepting these clients when their whole value prop is compliance. As a former employee, I witnessed growth being prioritized over every rational and legal reason. Leadership are aggresive bullies and sooner than later it will implo...Read more