A SWEs account of their first 1.5 years at Snap

Great there were tldrs for sections , but need an overall tldr

Seems like a mess

Sounds like Microsoft!

Seems like it has issues. But I also think that this industry is creating a bunch of spoiled brats. Complaining about not being allowed to work few weeks remotely from the other coast (it sounded to me that happens more than once a year) is a bit of a stretch IMO.

He does sound spoiled. Visit all the family you want on vacations and PTO, why do you need multiple weeks of remote work to do that? Or suck it up until the majority of your stock vests