Pinterest reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(992 total reviews)
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Bill Ready

49% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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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992 reviews
2.0
Jun 7, 2023

Don't walk, run

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible work schedules (unless on call), generous parental leave policies, wellness programs, and initiatives to support mental health

Cons

Toxic work environment I saw harassment, bullying, and mistreatment first hand. There's generally a lack of accountability and a failure to address employee concerns. Lack of Transparency Executives lack transparency in decision-making processes and communication. Leadership withheld information, especially during times of significant changes such as the new Career Framework and the "challenging environment" and layoffs. Leadership across Product, Engineering and Design are not trusted. Restrictive Work Environment Don't talk about issues or face the penalty. Executives restrict free expression and stifle employee creativity. The current leadership prioritizes conformity over actual solutions. Death by a Million Cuts Cost cuttings everywhere (education, travel, while executives celebrate themselves eating chicken wings in front of thousands of employees and increase their own salaries. In the words of Brig. Gen. McAuliffe "NUTS"

3.0
Jan 20, 2016

No longer a start-up

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Lots of nice, humble, intelligent, and really hard-working people. People bust their butts and they believe in the company. -Pinterest invests in its employees: food, workspace, IT equipment, training, etc. Always felt that they were pretty generous in taking care of employees. -Sitting on a goldmine as far as monetization goes. There couldn't be a more ideal platform for matching search and discovery content with advertising and selling products.

Cons

-There's a quite a few people in roles that they lack the experience/wisdom for. -Lack of transparency. Seems like strategies and products get developed in a vacuum without taking into consideration feedback from employees, users or partners/advertisers. -Slow-moving. Initial years as a media darling helped keep interest afloat and criticism at bay, but at this point, there's only a small window left to prove that it's worth the hype.

2.0
Oct 12, 2020

High performers: beware!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Nice offices - people always had ‘best intentions’ and were nice - great benefits - fun culture before Covid

Cons

- if you aren’t coming in as a leader or manager and want to be developed in those areas, don’t waste your time. - contractors are underpaid and under leveled if they get to be converted - most managers do not like getting feedback which causes psychological unsafety for ICs - even the most sensible of requests are treated like a HUGE deal if coming from female or people from underrepresented groups. - fake interest from HR on solving actual issues - toxic culture for high-performers or innate leaders due to lack of career growth/path and mentorship

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Pinterest Response
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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 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 People Experience, your HRBP, or myself directly. Jo, CHRO
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