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      Goodreads

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      3.2

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (22 total reviews)

      Libby Roin

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      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
      2.0
      Nov 10, 2014

      REALLY GREAT VISION, FANTASTIC PEOPLE EXCEPT FOR CONTROLLING PRODUCT TEAM

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      -Goodreads is an awesome website and everyone here is super passionate about it -A lot of smart people and we have loads of fun hanging out together -With Amazon we have the potential to do amazing things for reading!

      Cons

      The Product team runs the company from the top down with an ARROGANT attitude and it's DRAGGING THE COMPANY DOWN. They desperately try to convince the rest of us that WE own and drive development but they have already prioritized the next year behind closed doors! We're welcome to E-MAIL in our feedback, but you don't get to be a part of the conversations if you're not part of their inner circle! They've left authors and USERS out in the cold because they don't see them contributing to the "goals" they set.

      5.0
      Sep 9, 2014

      Amazing group of people, solid company

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The office culture and the coworkers are my favorite things about working at Goodreads. The vast majority of people really seem to like working here and have pride in what they are building, which is heavily reflected in how well everyone works together. People care about making this a fun place to be and there are often things happening to keep each other learning and getting to know each other better (tech talks, author talks, games over lunch). There is a priority on keeping our culture intact and unique from that of Amazon.

      Cons

      There is a lot of passion about what we are building with a multitude of ideas for new features and improvements, and we have had to prioritize and plan a lot. Seems to be getting better with practice.

      1.0
      Aug 25, 2014

      Ruined by Amazon

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Coworkers were all great people.

      Cons

      Ultimately the biggest problem was Amazon. From the bureaucracy to the crazy overtime, all of that was brought on by Amazon and without anything to make up for it. It got to be incredibly stressful, plus managers did little to support us. There was so much resentment and negativity within months of being acquired. On top of that, the salary is not competitive. There's blatant favoritism, with some employees getting special perks that are denied to others. Speaking of perks, there are few, and be wary of any that are advertised ("food in the office" means there might be a box of Pop-Tarts lying around). There's no room for career growth whatsoever. The technology we used was embarrassingly outdated. There is absolutely no reason to work here.

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