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Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Redfin for less than 1 year
January 16, 2022
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • A competitive salary
  • Most of the developers who are invested in the tech, responding to questions, getting code out, and being supportive
Cons
  • Heavily political environment; moving teams or giving feedback was not something that could be done freely without retaliation on your career even if it was fair feedback or moving for your own interest. This also hurts you in receiving genuine feedback because this fear is shared amongst peers. You can be blindsided in performance reviews, and bonuses and promotions are affected.
  • It is not as relaxed of an environment as was sold in the interview, and work-life balance is team dependent. It is comparable to Amazon in the expectation of shipping out features.
  • The company does not genuinely care about diversity. This is just offensive to see and hear; higher-ups will talk about it constantly, share personal stories, and ask employees to share their own traumas with the company. For what? There are a lot of people who make openly racist and sexist comments at that company, and HR does nothing. Their racial diversity numbers are on par with the rest of big tech. They should be more professional in how they handle working with diverse employees instead of tokenizing so many of them.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
3.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
2.0

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