Got an offer and thinking of joining. How is morale? Given Pinterest relies on consumer discretionary spending, does leadership think that there will be a lot of headwinds to earnings during this year’s high inflationary period? How likely will there be mass layoffs if Pins need to change strategy? #pinterest #snapchat #twitter #facebook #netflix #Amazon #uber #lyft
Employees are not worried about layoffs afaik
Thanks! Are the people thinking of leaving the ones that got in at high prices last year?
See the recent the information article on Pinterest. Pay the $39 for the subscription to read the article so you know what you’re in for.
Mind sharing the offer details and location? I am considering joining pins as well.
No need for mass layoffs, high attrition solves the problem
no talk of layoffs. No high attrition also
I recently joined Pinterest(Toronto), there’s no talk of layoffs
Hello, I am looking for DS roles in Pinterest. Can I DM you for referral. Thanks!
Definitely no layoffs. It’s quite the opposite in fact. Lots of incremental headcount is open. However, some people who have been here a while are bailing. There are also relatively recent joiners who got in when the stock price was high and are well underwater so are cutting their losses and leaving.
Pinterest doesn't need layoffs. They're managing out the US staff in anything the VP:E sees as non-core and replacing them with South American contractors and lower cost employees in Mexico. Those left are forced to work insane on-call shifts to cover for the messes left by all this offshoring, and most of the talented folks I've worked with either already have quit or are currently interviewing. The leadership here does not use the product and has no clue what people like about it, and until the VP of Engineering, CEO, and CFO are gone, nothing will change. The company has strong enough fundamentals, though, to make this a long, slow, shitty decline instead of some sudden collapse, so if you want an easy job with no pressure to succeed, come on over!
Just curious what org you’re in.joining as an ml engineer so I hope that pins strong fundamentals in that area would provide a good learning environment
Infra. Some ML teams are pretty good still. Others are getting tied down by tech debt but are still less miserable than the infra that keeps them running. Just be ready to see your work nullified by PM's trying to "prove" that their new feature works by fucking up the models and flooding users with the new items to juice engagement. As a general rule, if you see contractors or the CDMX (Mexico City) office involved, stay as far away as you can.
pins is dead
Why?
Check their website. It is a mess now. Keep sending shitty promotion emails to users. What is the use case? Is it scalable?