Pros
- SB office easily accessible via 101 and 280 - Although the cafeteria food isn’t free, it’s cheaply priced - Parking garage is great - Big data is the only thing they do right
Cons
Oh boy, where to start… - Every year there is a mass exodus of folks once bonuses and equity is paid out – no surprise this year and as a result there are gaping holes as to what lies ahead. - Favoritism and politics rampant, it’s a toxic dump to say the least. If you speak the truth then you’re asking to get booted. - The idea of beating Amazon? Um, yeah just a pie in the sky! Why don’t you get your site working correctly first and prevent the daily fires from occurring? What don’t you do something innovative like you claim instead of playing catch up all the time? - Extremely top heavy with very few full timers at the bottom. The few that remain leave dissatisfied creating high turnover leaving the work for contractors or H1B Indians (which this place is full of). -Engineers and QA are over worked due to being understaffed, outrageous scope with crazy deadlines, sub par code quality, and legacy systems in place that never get fixed or updated. - Extremely uncooperative work environment. Don’t expect anybody to help you and if you find a problem, well then congrats it’s yours to fix! Along the same lines, don’t expect much documentation to do your job well. - Annual reviews are a joke. Your bonus is dependent on brown nosing capability and not actual work/performance. - Terrible health insurance and no 401K first year. - No engineering culture, just a sweatshop mentality. The @Labs division is no different. - The real reason they give a whopping sign on bonus is to lock people in from fleeing. - Nobody cares about you or your career, be ready to chart your own path and only if you’re good at kissing up. - Office is loud with disgusting washrooms.
