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Extremely bureaucratic. Not mission-focused. Your happiness will depend on your team and manager

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Reddit for 4 years
May 15, 2022
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good benefits, and work-life balance is good.

Cons

Extremely bureaucratic. My team had a 10-page document for how to do stand-ups. We had several meetings and email threads for how to properly format emojis in our Slack messages. Reddit relies on process instead of trusting each other.

Middle management is not mission-focused. Managers optimize for team and personal visibility. We had many discussions about how to make our team look good in front of the broader organization. The PM on my team stopped making themself visible in meetings when it was clear their product experiment was failing.

Advice to Management

Middle management needs to be replaced. They don't use the product or care about the mission.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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