Big company pretending to be a startup - Senior Staff Engineer Snyk Employee Review

1.0
Jan 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I have not observed positive worth mentioning. I guess if you are in sales, this is a good company to work for?

Cons

You will work crazy hours for a startup level salary and at the same time have to handle all the nonsense that comes with big companies (compliance, security, immutable policies, etc...). Everything is sales driven, so even very senior engineers have no input into roadmaps. The approach that senior management seems to have for engineering talent is Acquire - Use - Discard.

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Snyk Response
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Hi, I'm sorry you had this experience. For sure, a company experiencing the level of growth at Snyk is not for everyone, although we certainly try and make it a positive place to be!

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

Fully remote, flexible, and monthly stipends. Good pay.

Cons

Shady leadership. Tendency to hire employees for a specific reason only to dissolve their position once whatever project they forecasted for the employee is complete. I’ve seen it happen to multiple employees during my employment until it finally happened to me after a few years. Was advised by a former employee in leadership that I would more than likely be overloaded with work and worked out the door in some way because that was their trend. I didn’t believe it but it started happening to many people around me. I don’t trust these people and managers are very loose lipped, move sloppily, and doesn’t know how to not let secrets slip out. I knew my position was being dissolved from meetings I saw on my managers calendar. Luckily I started applying for jobs because I saw the writing on the walls. I had something else lined up but was still a bit blindsided because I was clearly communicating need for help to my leadership. Multiple interviews asking how I was doing and what I needed help with only for 3 days later to be told my position was no longer needed.

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