So, Airbnb was ranked best place to work according to Glassdoor in 2016, then 35th in 2017, and completely off the list in 2018. How would you explain that?
SJW infestations
The SJWs are a huge problem. Way too much focus on dumb things like slack bots that prevent you from using he/she and not on actual infrastructure.
What’s that?
the rating was inflated in 2016 due to recruiters pushing employees to put in reviews on glassdoor that year. the decline in 2017 was expected as there was no longer a push. Dropping of in 2018? yeah theres problems that are starting to rise that is stirring discontent
So Facebook being at the top right now doesn’t mean much? Is it all just the result of a push to employees to put in reviews?
Some of it is legit, but yes, a lot of it is due to a recruiting push.
turned down a job there last year. Perks seemed amazing but everyone I interviewed with who would have been on my team looked completely fried. Had a couple SJWs on my loop too they were quite friendly.
How did you identify the SJWs?
some teams are pretty overworked (myself included)
Left there this year (not a SWE). Perks are good, people are motivated, if you’re not into the mission then you’re just there for the paycheck and the dysfunction (changing priorities, poor managerial skills, infighting) isn’t worth it.
Primarily 1) org scaling issues due to inexperienced management and 2) discontent over lack of liquidity after the IPO delay Both things are improving rapidly.
Airbnb leadership has gone awry. Managers throw their own DRs under the bus, the company is unorganized and scatterbrained, product managers don’t know how to do their job, a lot of ego, etc.
What's DR? Direct Reports?