Saying goodby was easy - Manager Shutterfly Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some great individuals working here, which go a long way to make the day tolerable. Benefits are decent.

Cons

As many have stated before me, gridlock abounds. Anyone in a position to push something forward seems to have an existential fear of doing so, but they won't say No, they'll just move the meeting, or leave the initiative undecided or otherwise in limbo. put enough roadblocks in front of someone and they soon realize that it's far easier to simply strive towards nothing. Innovation isn't in their lexicon. Status quo is king, bottom line is queen. Many decision makers have no business being in the positions they are in, the few that do spend all their energy maneuvering around the others. Many of them left in the 4-6 months following Housenbold's exit. Those that you can learn a thing or two from are so overworked they are temporally incapable of teaching you. Pay is stagnant. So if you do decide to take a position there, negotiate hard. 'Raises' in my experience were half the Inflation rate... not kidding. No interest in fostering or retaining talent. No upward mobility. POLITICS. So much politics.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

I work with diverse and supportive people. Teams and leaders demonstrate the will to respond to worker needs with kindness and respect. On the operational level, teams are highly flexible and adapt quickly to changes when provided proper support. Work-life balance is high priority for the people I interact with.

Cons

The company has difficulty holding on to talent in tech fields since a good chunk of the focus has to be allocated to art/design and production instead. CEOs come and go every few years, leading to instability. For some teams, the process remains overly complex and inefficient because of misalignments between leadership/engineering and ops team users. No formal humanist policy around AI & robotics yet.

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