Etsy reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(554 total reviews)
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Josh Silverman

63% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Etsy has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 554 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Etsy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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554 reviews
2.0
Sep 11, 2025
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

- Colleagues are capable, supportive, and easy to work with. - Benefits are solid and thoughtfully structured.

Cons

- The long-range product/tech narrative isn’t always straightforward so that team priorities can feel short-term. - Change can be slow; long-tenured groups sometimes favor stability over experimentation. - Performance review practices feel opaque, and standards don’t always land consistently. - Knowledge can be concentrated with a few owners due to limited documentation, slowing cross-team work. - At times, sensitive problem areas don’t get daylight, and raising them can feel discouraging. - Creative engineers occasionally move on sooner than expected—an opportunity to reinforce a growth mindset.

1.0
Jun 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The only option for handmade sellers to thrive

Cons

I’m a 5 star seller. No human review process, caught up in an AI moderation sweep. Should be criminal to shut down a business overnight without warning

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