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      3.2

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (22 total reviews)

      Libby Roin

      Not enough data to show CEO approval

      41% positive business outlook

      Goodreads has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Goodreads employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      22 reviews
      1.0
      Sep 2, 2018

      Generous Goodreads, Appalling Amazon

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Book perks - Great culture - Tons of swag - Customer base are readers, authors & publishers, which make for a pleasant work day - Relaxed working environment

      Cons

      - Now owned by Amazon and incorporating processes which negate the Goodreads culture - Events have smaller budgets, are mandatory, but not appealing - Management obfuscates the truth, leaving employees unsettled and looking elsewhere

      4.0
      Sep 13, 2018

      Good people

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Really good people. Pretty much everyone cared about books and reading. Lots of interesting conversations at lunch.

      Cons

      Disorganized management. They had an expansive vision, but were not very good at focusing on what was important. There was also quite a bit of nepotism/cronyism and unwillingness to make the tough decision to let underperforming decision makers go.

      4.0
      Jul 30, 2016

      SDE intern

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work culture is good balance of laid back and driving progress. They retain some of their start up culture while enjoying the benefits of having Amazon as a larger parent company.

      Cons

      small team sizes can make progress and product releases slower than some might like. However, this is sort of a personal preference since small team sizes also allow you to dig deep and own the project you work on.

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