Pinterest Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

- As someone who has done a few contractor assignments I definitely can tell you that the culture at Pinterest is very different. They go out of their way to make sure you do feel included and part of the team you are on. - Managers are constantly asking what they can do to help you progress in your career at Pinterest, which is something completely different than what I am used to. - Very transparent and ensures you know what is going on within your teams as well as the company as a whole. - Great work/life balance (at my old job I would be afraid to take days off even if I was really ill) - I can't speak from experience but I do see the opportunity to move within different roles in the company - Essentially working with the nicest people ever

Cons

A lot of changes in management and structures of the team it's hard to keep up at times

Pros

- 3 meals a day - nice people - very good work life balance - decent perks - good exposure to a variety of projects - safe comfortable work projects because we are playing catch up

Cons

- nobody takes up ownership outside of their OKRs - everybody plays it safe, no risk-taking - everything moves super slow - not my responsibility so i don't care attitude - too many people taking PTO, 3/10 OOO email responses - no mobility, too many external hires for middle management who don't really serve any purpose - pay is suppressed

Pros

- Great working culture. Collaborative colleagues. Autonomy is encouraged and literally no micro-management from the team which is rare quality these days. - Great perks. Transport, WFH, and Fitness allowance - Free lunch in office. Nice selection of drinks and snacks. - Central location. Well connected so commute is less of a hassle. - Work life balance is so far the best from companies I worked for

Cons

Monetization products can develop a bit after to cater the demands from advertisers

Pros

Great co-workers and growth opportunities

Cons

Great work/life balance is not always achievable

Pros

Pinterest does a good job of recruiting a steady stream of quality industry IC pros and some of the most apt college grads. The college grads are forming one of those networks that will help them throughout their career. It's impressive how well they've bonded and work together. Projecting a little bit, it's possible their network will be Pinterest's version of the Google and Facebook networks of early out of college employees. Pinterest is at a good point for young talent to take on reasonably large project areas and see a good chunk of what it takes to run a company. Very good job to take in the first few years of a career. Overall there's a good foundation for what could be a great job. The company baseline definitely cares about its employees. The perks are good with frequent team happy hours, nice quarterly offsites, quality local and healthy food. The goals and pace of the company enable a good work life balance. Compensation is competitive and reasonably structured.

Cons

There are far more cons than I would have expected for a company that is doing as well as Pinterest is externally. I think it is a core product that resonates with a large audience, but these problems will hold Pinterest back from becoming more than it is. The quality of management in engineering is mind bogglingly poor. It hits a level of incompetence I haven't seen at any of my previous companies. I've seen individually bad managers who soured their piece of the company before, but this is systematic. The exceptions are two leaders (previous managers from Google) who do a good job - but they are not enough to turn the tide and keep the other managers inline. I wish we were measuring good v. great, but we're measuring incompetent v. good. I agree with the other reviewers on discrimination and political infighting. That definitely happens, it's just a matter of how close you are to it within the company. My estimate is about a quarter of engineers are pretty close to it. Those are just the byproducts of the above stated problem. Other symptoms include teams out of sync, a low experiment/product success rate, unreliable data, unclear seniority levels, regular reorgs, people leaving without announcing or goodbye send offs, low psychological safety index, haphazard product innovation, and wild variations in resourcing compared to project size. For an experienced engineer, I would personally recommend waiting for a VP of engineering to be hired before joining. They'll have a direct impact on solving/aggravating the above problem.

Pros

very good work/life balance positive product embraces creativity

Cons

slow to make decisions and/or change not a lot of career growth opportunities

Pros

+ Absolutely the most friendly group of people I have ever worked with, or met! + Work life balance is amazing + So collaborate, so positive, and compelling place to work and share ideas + Cutest office and free food! + Always being challenged, always learning, always pushing the needle

Cons

I have no cons to share

Pros

Good work and life balance

Cons

The progress of the company is relatively slow

Pros

- Great benefits, especially if you live in CA. - Unlike most other companies, the remote policy is fairly flexible and accommodating. - There are a number of talented people to be inspired by, though not all are easy to work with. - Love working on a product that aims to make the internet a positive place - Work life balance (but this doesn't apply to every role afaik)

Cons

Historically, leadership has never been all that strong — seemingly even before I joined. However, I don't know if it's ever been quite like this. The larger end game is unclear to employees and this lack of transparency inspires little confidence. Answers given from leadership tend to be super vague — when there are answers, that is. Somehow we always run out of time before everything on the table can be properly addressed.. It's up to individual teams to scramble and figure things out with little accountability. This is made more difficult by steady attrition and positions that are never backfilled. The inevitable result is employees taking on extra work meant for several people with no promise of proper recognition. I'll echo other similar statements here on GD that certain teams can be very cliquey and therefore difficult for "outsiders" to break into. This has a compounding effect when it comes to getting work done and trying to make actual progress, wether that be on a project-level or personal-level. Other issues are similar to other large tech companies, namely lack of career growth/upward opportunities and careerists who make life unnecessarily difficult. The combination of positive toxicity and outright toxicity seems uniquely Pinterest, though.

Pros

Very focused on creating lasting impact Very realistic expectations so you can balance your life but also feel very leveraged at work Smart, hands on leaders Feel extremely lucky to work here

Cons

we're at that point as a company where there are a lot of changes, but the changes we're enduring all feel like the right ones to set the company up for long term success