Used to be good - Happiness Engineer Automattic Employee Review

3.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This place _used to_ be good. People genuinely care about each other and how everyone can contribute to Open Source. Please note the past tense here.

Cons

Now? Not really. Those who genuinely care about the industry and the users got removed under pretence of “performance issue”. It’s easy to use such excuses when there is no clear KPI and goalposts keep moving and changing.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Good compensation and perks for travel.

Cons

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