Shutterfly reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,238 total reviews)
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8% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Shutterfly has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,238 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Shutterfly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
May 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Perks are good. You get Shutterfly products twice a year, including mugs, stickers, photo-books, and more. Beautiful offices in Redwood City and Santa Clara. Free snacks and drinks.

Cons

Extremely political. All is managed by product management, just a few people deciding the direction and execution of the entire company. There is no room for innovation. Developer ideas do not count, all is decided top-down. Even engineering management has no voice. They just follow direct instructions from product management. People are constantly leaving due to this. Even trivial ideas can't ever come from the development team. This company is a retail company, that does not understand how to manage technology. Everything is about numbers, and measuring incremental (proven) revenue each initiative will bring. Forget about R&D. This is not a company to work for if you love innovation and new stuff. The company is restructuring itself and everything done is just refactoring of current code to unify the multiple platforms. Would not recommend this company to others.

4.0
May 8, 2015

Extremely fun, but hard to make a career out of

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fun, rewarding, free food, free drinks, free company products

Cons

Temporary, small chance of being hired on as a permanent worker, small chance of being hired the next business season

4.0
May 7, 2015

engineering manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good life work balance, good employee discounts, flexible hours

Cons

less opportunity for career advancement, no 401k match

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