Is it a bad time to join stitch fix in an engineering role given the recent layoffs, change in leadership and bad financial performance?
I don’t understand how this company still exists. Did they ever find product market fit?
Did we? You’re the market, please keep us informed!
I’d never use your product, but I’m also not the entire market 🤦♂️
Terrible time, unless you like working with people who will quit within 3 months of joining; rinse and repeat
Just check LinkedIn to see this
I knew someone who worked there a year ago. They were eager to leave esp since their equity is crap. The company is not growing. They might do interesting stuff but I would pass.
I quit less than a year in. It’s by far my shortest tenure to date. I was overworked, unsupported, and my manager just wanted me to be a robot and code faster and faster. Lost half my team and was expected to mostly keep the same deadlines. Every ticket I picked up was underscoped and underscored, resulting in huge PRs. So many warehouses closed down in the short time I worked there. It was terrible. It was like pulling teeth to get onboarded in the midsts of layoffs. After the major layoffs, there were other engineers fired in what seemed to be more targeted layoffs. Their accounts were suddenly deactivated on Slack. I found another job and quit. I doubt my position will be backfilled. I know they fired almost all the mobile developers. Less than 6 months in they are looking to hire for mobile developers apparently, which I don’t understand.
Damn! I read their engineering blogs and felt like a cool place to work with work-life balance and unlimited PTO. Also, as an outsider, it felt like things are taking a turn for the good as their losses are decreasing as per their latest financials.
The layoffs were ridiculous in where and who they came for. It wasn't hyper strategic as in some cases they seemed to ask themselves if they could live without X team for 3-6mo, not realizing they needed to keep a few people just due to specialized skill sets. Mobile is an example of that, made more ridiculous when you look at revenue. I think they were hoping to have that migrated to contracting companies. Those conversations were happening prior to layoffs.
Eng was a skeleton from what it used to be. I’m not going to say don’t take the offer because I know money is hard and the market is weird right now. But…I’m relieved to not be there right now.
What is the offer?
Right? Seems like an important data point.
Run and don’t look back
Damn, is it that bad?
In my short tenure, there were major layoffs every 6 months. I wouldn’t have accepted if I had known of so many layoffs and firings.
I fuckin love it here. Solid people, great culture (Algo) & I see people slowly being put in places for the company to succeed. I can’t speak to SWE side, but I fee there’s no where to go but up. DM if you want more info.
ymmv…
Any updates?
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