Pros
- Startup culture of moving fast but having the resources to not have to overly optimize for the short term. There are only a handful of companies that can offer this and its a huge plus. - Small enough so that you can have quick meaningful impact on the product and the organization. No bureaucracy or unnecessary hierarchy (orgs are pretty flat). - Good balance between tech leads and managers on setting the strategy and roadmap. - Generally a performance driven culture - Founding CEO with a strong vision and purpose Having worked at other successful consumer web companies of different sizes I feel Pinterest offers a LOT and is one of the best places I have worked in (really smart coworkers who are motivated and committed).
Cons
Not entirely sure about the other overly negative (toxic!) reviews but that is clearly not the sentiment of the organization given the largely positive employee pulse scores. Like any company in hypergrowth there is churn and attrition (largely non regretted) and organizational reset. This is not only normal but healthy and indicative of the companies growth.