Is Pinterest a good company to work for?

Pinterest has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,277 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Pinterest to a friend and 42% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Pinterest have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , Software Engineer Intern and Software Engineer .

Does Pinterest pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Pinterest employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Pinterest. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Pinterest?

60% of Pinterest employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Pinterest 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pinterest?

Software Engineer (151) , Account Manager (57) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , Partner Manager (28) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Data Scientist (17) , Software Engineer(Internship) (17) , Software Engineer Intern (16) , Product Designer (13) , Program Manager (12) , Product Manager (11) , Sales Manager (11) , Account Coordinator (9) , Senior Account Manager (9) , Software Engineer II (9)

What are the pros of working at Pinterest according to real employee reviews?

"People I worked with were great" ((in 163 reviews)); "Targets are achievable and the benefits are great." ((in 101 reviews)); "Good work life balance and generally interesting projects" ((in 78 reviews)); "the pay is good" ((in 41 reviews)); "Great people and teams" ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Pinterest according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership spends more time managing optics and public image than focusing on meaningful change or actual company performance." ((in 44 reviews)); "Inexperienced and insensitive middle management." ((in 10 reviews)); "Not exempt from layoffs and resource shorages" ((in 8 reviews)); "Diversity is a huge problem, especially for women." ((in 8 reviews)); "Bad upper management (but not the CEO, he's awesome), chronic disorganization, internal politics are completely opaque, very young workforce lacks some degree of insight." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Pinterest layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Pinterest layoffs and their outlook for job security at Pinterest in 2026.

What Pinterest locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Los Angeles , New York , San Francisco , Chicago , Seattle

Pinterest reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(992 total reviews)

Bill Ready

49% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Pinterest has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 992 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pinterest employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

992 reviews

1.0

Feb 18, 2021

Beware!

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No amount of compensation is worth it

Cons

All the horror stories you hear are true. The culture here is toxic-run very far away from this company if you know what’s good for you.

Pinterest Response

5y

Thank you for your feedback. We are so sorry that you’re having a negative experience at Pinterest and appreciate you sharing these details so we can use them to affect change. We are deeply committed to improving our culture and have started tangible, measurable work toward improvement. Specific feedback is vital to our process, so we invite you to share (if you're comfortable) via our anonymous hotline: (844) 704-6249, and/or connect with your manager, People Experience, or your HRBP. Pinterest People Team

1.0

Dec 1, 2020

Toxic Culture, Not a trustworthy brand

Product marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits are great - Competitive Pay - Nice offices - Decent free food

Cons

- Beyond toxic culture (sexism, verbally abusive managers, unethical business practices and pressure to conform) - Inexperienced leaders - Unethical business decisions - Expectations to always be working

Pinterest Response

5y

Thank you for your feedback. While we’re glad you’ve experienced positive elements of Pinterest, we are so sorry for the negative aspects you’ve encountered and appreciate you sharing these details so we can use them to affect change. We are deeply committed to improving our culture and are in the midst of tangible, measurable work toward improvement. Specific feedback is vital to our process, so we invite you to share (if you're comfortable) via our anonymous hotline: (844) 704-6249, or directly via our email alias gd@pinterest.com. Pinterest People Team

2.0

Jun 29, 2014

An Amazing Product, but Toxicity Levels are High

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Pinterest is an amazing product that can deliver a lot of value to people - and a lot of people have figured this out. - Plan for monetization looks solid. - "Rands" seems like a solid hire to help solve the cultural problems.

Cons

- So many conflicting directions: Quarterly Goals, Various Company Wide Initiatives - Certain teams are balancing both waterfall and agile methodologies - Golden Handcuffs keep a lot of unhappy people working there. - Lack of diversity on a lot of teams. More female engineers than at a lot of other places, but not enough especially for our demographic. - A lot of people in upper management positions have done things not in the interest of Pinners or Pinterest to be where they are. - Authenticity is a core company value, but speaking your mind gets you on the ____lists. - Not enough investment in Engineers

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