Dead Product - Anonymous employee Pinterest Employee Review

1.0
Jan 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not much by now given the abysmal outlook of the company growth potential. Leadership willing to spend some money to make the office look great - fake it till you make it style.

Cons

Another internal reviewer indicated rightly about stagnant growth and monetization efforts looking bleak. Current valuations may be hard for recent employees to justify the opportunity cost of working at Pinterest versus other more established public companies. Top down management where Product and Design trumps Engineering. Core product led by inexperienced PM that has no clue on how to manage life cycles, knit, or generate innovative features. Low morale across many engineering ranks. Potential downturn and talent bleed this year. Well connected personnels are allowed to fail and point fingers. Talented folks are slowly disappearing month over month.

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