Pinterest reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(992 total reviews)
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Bill Ready

49% approve of CEO

42% 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
5.0
Jan 25, 2016

Love it here!

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Pros

Small teams open up a ton of opportunity for you to lead projects & manage programs if that's interesting to you. If you're looking for a place where you can push yourself and grow your knowledge base, this is a good place to be. We also have a yearly, company wide event called 'Knitcon' where you can learn from or teach your peers & it's one of the most amazing things I've ever been a part of. I've learned an extraordinary amount about several fields & grown to well versed competency in areas I had barely worked in before. You pretty much have full autonomy to manage your own time & projects, so as long as you're hitting goals and performing to expectations, you'll do well here.

Cons

Things move so quickly and people are always busy. Sometimes it's a struggle to get quality time in your manager, highlight some of the projects you've been working on, or get recognized for things behind the scenes.

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.

5.0
Jan 13, 2016

Great place to work

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Pros

Super smart people working on unique problems. Cooperative culture with humble people results in a bare minimum of politics. Lots of opportunities for growth within teams, but also lots of examples of cross-functional moves. It's a values-driven company that focuses on impact AND how they achieve it. Best place I've worked.

Cons

Things can change quickly as we grow and that can be disconcerting to some people. There are a lot of kind people (that's the culture), but it can be hard to get people to give difficult feedback.

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