Looking to leave Hulu. Where should a UX/product designer go?
Would love some explanation of why. Appreciate your inputs! With Hulu and Disney merging, Hulu is losing its identity. Plus, TC and benefits is going down as Hulu gets "harmonized" to Disney. I'm open to new options, but if I leave I want it to be for something great at a company that is high-functioning, provides tangible value to society, treats design as a first class citizen, and pays well. I'd prefer not to be in an ads-driven busines. TC $220k 7 yoe #design #ux #productdesign
Airbnb
Tiktok
Indeed
Facebook. Plenty of orgs that aren’t entirely ads driven.
What gets you excited to go to work? And what orgs aren't about ads? I know Oculus isn't, but what else?
Solving problems for billions of people. The scale is really unlike anything else. There are additions products in FRL, aside from oculus. There’s also whatsapp, workplace, other products. Even those that are supported by ads, like FB, have teams focused on social good and integrity. PM me if you’d like a referral.
Figma
Let us know if you find something, we’ll be right behind you!
What's the culture like? How is design valued? Why do you like it?
Copy pasting my response from another thread Leadership is pretty uninspiring. It’s too down product heavy where a whole team of design will get to work at the whim and fantasy of a product leader and change already established roadmaps. Design team is going through growing pains as team has grown and expanded into newer areas (UX writing, design ops). Constantly shifting career performance standards make it hard to keep track of growth in the company. Diversity on the design team is non-existent and there’s not a lot of efforts made by leadership to change that. On the positive side, Microsoft stock is stellar. Pay is great. WLB depends on team. Peers are great fantastic people (have made many friends at work). Benefits and perks are great. Did I say pay is great? Overall as company values says ‘Relationships matter’ —- and that’s taken very seriously. It’s more like a family environment where people won’t share critical feedback for sake of keeping that relationship. Open, honest and constructive is a company value too— but lately that isn’t working and doing that probably goes against your growth in the company.
Hulu is definitely losing its culture. So many people have left already. I don’t blame you for wanting to go too. What level are you hoping to go for and ideal company size? Happy to help suggest some places I’ve considered as well.
Appreciate your reply. I've been off Blind for a little while. Looking for senior or principal, depending on the company. Ideal company size is probably in the 500-1000 people range, where I'd be a principal / lead. I came across a very interesting opening at Amazon for a group in LA working on multimodal for Amazon Music but by the time I applied they already filled the position. Wasn't looking for Amazon but the role sounded interesting.
If I had to pick one of the top tier, I would look into Apple, Airbnb or Google. Beside these I would consider Intuitive Surgical as their product is really impressive and robotic surgery is the future IMO. Good if you are into interaction with hardware. ServiceNow as I think there is a lot of potential for growth.
You want to stay in SoCal?
Open to moving
If SoCal then what would you recommend?