Growing company with a great work environment that sells fun products - Anonymous employee Shutterfly Employee Review

5.0
Oct 30, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Company successful, stock has doubled in last 12 months, growing quickly (recently acquired key competitors like Kodak Gallery, Tiny Prints and My Publisher) - Strong leadership team. CEO in particular is passionate about the company and has a strong vision - Great work environment. Smart, driven people who set aggressive goals and work hard to achieve them. At the same time, work/life balance is good. Very team-oriented (as opposed to cutthroat) and collaborative environment. People here are fun to work with. - Good opportunities for career growth. Since the company is growing and because there are multiple brands, there are opportunities to shift around and try different things or move to another brand. - Because we focus on photo-oriented products and are so consumer-oriented, work is way more fun (as opposed to selling widgets) - Compensation seems as good or better than comparable companies

Cons

- If you live in SF, like I do, the commute can be miserable

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 21, 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

- Products are cool. - Company meetings are always upbeat and encouraging.

Cons

- Used to also have great culture and benefits. Now main focus is on cost-cutting and offshoring. - CTO often establishes authority through intimidation and bullying, along the lines of "I want this feature rewritten. How long will it take?" "About a week." "When I was at this other start up, it took 3 days to rewrite a feature. Why can't you do it in 3 days?!" "Well our system is much more complex to update and test and...okay we'll push off all other work and pull all-nighters and weekends and give you in 3 days since it's a CTO ask." "Why do you habitually lie and say a week when you can pull it off in 3 days?!?!" - There now also appears to be a strong ethnic/gender bias in maintaining the technical workforce. - Even when sound bytes sound right, they translate into questionable actions.

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