I’m reading the DoorDash employee reviews…brutal criticism of work life balance from almost everyone. Can current or former employees elaborate? I’m wondering how many of these reviews were from more junior folks learning to work faster still or aren’t good at setting boundaries? TC: $350K YOE: 11
Doordash is understaffed in every sector of their business
Is understaffing the real problem? Or is a lack of focused, clear and aligned on priorities leading to too many projects in flight at once (without the headcount to sustain)?
High attrition even in this market… that should tell you… Engg and Data teams wlb sucks and the comments above are spot on… too few resources
Heard that doordash is creating Amazon style PIP Quotas after every half a year performance review?
DoorDash is great. I always had fantastic wlb and unlimited pto 🤷🏻♂️
Unlimited PTO is a scam.
not sure i agree… i took 35 days and my reports took about the same
Also interested in WLB and was about to make the same post. Are high expectations based off of the inability to propose an accurate delivery time or frequent push back to get stuff done sooner? Does planning and kickoff not involve everyone in the vertical. If not, is there a lot of scope creep and is that due to no push backs? Are push back or frequently setting over-estimated delivery times frowned upon during perfs? Asking specifically because I can't imagine THAT bad a WLB for a (mostly) remote position as long as you're willing to manage your time in a way where you're able to deliver within a reasonable time. And, from that derive and set boundaries.
This 1000%. All the more senior designers / ICs I know have zero issues with WLB because they set very clear expectations with their manager and team on what they will prioritize and NOT prioritize. It doesn’t do the company any good overworking strong performers knowing full well that excessive workloads lead to lower quality output and likely rework.
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Team dependent as always. I will say my personal experience has not been too great WLB wise. I suffer the most when people im depending on leave or get laid off in the case of last year. but even the regular day to day can be rough at times. I do set boundaries and try to have a reasonable WLB but things just get in the way
Heard that doordash is creating Amazon style PIP Quotas after every half a year performance review?
No one i know’s been affected but few people transferred teams or left on their own. If there’s quota, i wouldnt have realized. There is of course pressure to perform well.
Just to comment on the junior thing: I know 2 senior DS, 1 senior SWE, and 1 staff SWE there and they have all said the same wrt wlb balance and the overall culture (whatever that ultimately means).
None of these replies mention design. That’s odd since we’re not an anomaly anymore. Does design seem overworked too?
DS = data science
WLB is horrible, regardless of eng or not, junior IC or Sr IC or managers. There are constant pressure from the top to work more, deliver faster with more efficiency. Feel like you don’t even have time to celebrate a milestone deliverable, you will be sent to the next one and the previous accomplishment becomes the lowest bar to begin with. Of course, there will be some chill teams, but you will need luck.
Heard that doordash is creating Amazon style PIP Quotas after every half a year performance review?
It's at any time of year, pip is not tied to review periods
It's team dependent, but many teams' (I am eng) wlb is bad. Most stems from high expectations, performance evaluation, chaotic planning, fast execution and employees also not setting boundaries on their time.
Do you work with designers at all? Curious to hear if they are experiencing the same or are perceived as a common blocker delaying project velocity.
Heard that doordash is creating Amazon style PIP Quotas after every half a year performance review?