Fitbit Reviews

Cons

The biggest con is no free lunch, which seems frivolous but in the bay area, it's kind of a big deal. There are Friday happy hours with food though, like sushi and tacos.

Cons

Overall management is terrible. From the very top to the most mid-level, Fitbit does not have a vision for the future. They thrive on shooting out products without having a proper product life-cycle. The CEO would rather get a product out by a specific date than truly test the product for defects. This creates a negative, stressful environment where employees across the board are stretched too thin and are not rewarded for their efforts. Fitbit thrives on being reactive rather than proactive.

Cons

- Leadership communication isn't great - be prepared not to know the direction of the company at all times
- If you're a director or higher, don't expect much in the way of development opportunities
- Inexperienced young work force makes for fun culture but lots of co-workers without any experience at their jobs

Cons

Company is facing transition. People with no faith in the company start leaving. Sadly some of them are pretty talented.

Cons

Top down technical and roadmap decisions that impact projects and don't always make sense. Lots of churn as roadmap or product definition changes.

Cons

Company is in transition - some new leadership has joined who are great (Ops, Product, HR, FW Eng) and the strategy is being renewed so there is a lot of change underway. It's an exciting time, especially for people who aren't afraid of change. Change is necessary to grow-- those who don't change/adapt disappear.

Cons

* Key terms: complacency, ineptitude, tech debt, complete lack of long term focus for success.
* Recent gutting of in-office niceties: no lunches, minimal snacks and limited fruit, no yearly company events/parties, cost cutting everywhere, old spec on employee laptops and related equipment.
* Lack of industry standard tooling inhibits productivity on many levels; staying with existing vendors is wasting finite implementation and upkeep cycles. Repetitive actions are repetitive.
* Stunningly high Dunning–Kruger effect on infrastructure/engineering side of org.
* Bleak culture of accepting ineffective/inefficient solutions from tenured engineers who lack creativity and experience at global scale... stacking tech-debt on top of tech-debt in favor of status-quo.
* Dead end nature of the architecture with lack of focused road map for long term success equates to high rate of engineer turnover and demoralizing culture for those who remain.
* Most managers are ineffective "yes men" with very few women in leadership. Diversity (gender/cultural/etc) is sorely lacking. Women's concerns tend to be listened to and swept under the rug. On more than several instances, male cleaning staff have barged into the women's restrooms and opened stall doors while women employees are using the facilities. UNACCEPTABLE.
* Dismissive sexism, man-splaining, and man-spreading is culturally rampant. Most offenders make zero effort to conceal their lechery. Recommend not waiting for lawsuits, just fix it.
* Given the mission statement of the company I expected to work with actually fit people who cared about the benefits of a fitness lifestyle, not the same run of the mill desk jockeys that eat take out at their desk while endlessly browsing reddit and mistaking cleavage for eyes.

Cons

Only located in San Francisco

Cons

Salary Packages not that great. Promotions and raises are slow.

Cons

didn't see any room to move up in the company.