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Twitch

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Twitch reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(757 total reviews)

Daniel Clancy

44% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Twitch has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 757 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Twitch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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757 reviews
1.0
Mar 11, 2018

Worse decision of my career

Developer success advocate
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I was a Twitch community member before I joined, so it seemed like a dream come true. (Obviously that was before I started.)

Cons

Everything is chaos and pomp. People only care about themselves, there is absolutely no collaboration. Backstabbing is a huge problem as people compete within the org versus competing in the market. The upper managers don’t care and the middle managers are awful humans (lying, cheating, blowhards). Amazon culture doesn’t mix with Twitch nor with San Francisco cultures.

1.0
Jan 29, 2018

Exhausting

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule Dog-friendly Massages There is a decent chunk of smart, driven people who are fun to work with. (Whether they will last or be able to drive change in this environment is another question.)

Cons

The culture here is really toxic and downright exhausting. Really draining for all parties involved, I think. Newer additions see the existing structure and tech stack as a mess and pre-acq employees as non-contributors or incompetent, and those who have been with Twitch for longer are disappointed with the culture change and dilution of the product/content. This could be mitigated by strong executive management, but the executive team is simply weak, and often contributes to the problem with decision whiplash, constantly moving goalposts, frequent re-orgs and a preference for gossip and finger-pointing over directly tackling issues. The CEO himself is the source an overwhelming majority of the time and it just trickles down from there. The mess is exacerbated by a near non-existent career development or HR structure to reward successful employees, or even provide basic help for those who are suffering. (Stories of people waiting years for promised role changes are common.) Employees' only recourse is to leave or get extremely apathetic and lean on the flexible work policy.

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Twitch Response
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Thank you for your honest feedback. We have recently added new executives to our team. We are interested in your direct feedback to help us expedite the necessary changes. We would love to have a discuss on this if you open to it. Please feel free to reach out to me directly. We appreciate the time you have taken to provide this feedback. - Sally Buchanan, VP, People, Workplace & IT
2.0
Oct 9, 2017

In decline

Senior product manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks Amazon stock performs well

Cons

Dysfunctional upper management CEO micromanages More Amazon influence everyday Poor communication Poor product vision Vesting happens soon

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