Pros: - Competitive compensation packages (but once you’re in, you’ll understand why) - Great HQ location

Cons: - Lack of transparency on strategy and vision. - You don’t have to be Facebook or Amazon, but you have to have some sort of competitive advantage. Separating social and media aren’t going to cut it. There are a bunch of apps that already do that. This is a huge gap for a company that’s supposed to be worth billions. I have yet to see anything that suggests that there’s any type of long-term strategic planning. I could barely get teams to show me a roadmap for the quarter, and it was needed for my job! As a result, Snap: - Can't keep top talent. Top talent wants to know what they're working towards. That doesn't happen here. You're expected to work in a vacuum and pretend to see the bigger picture—except...there isn't one. It's all in Evan's head. Priorities shift literally every day and are based on nothing more than gut feelings. - Slow moving: Any reviewers that say Snap is fast-paced are disillusioned or lack experience. Meetings are for show, constantly pushed out, cancelled, and/or never re-scheduled. There’s very little autonomy, and projects are micromanaged. There are no performance reviews, so goals (if they are even articulated) are constantly refreshed or pushed out quarter over quarter. - Morale is low, and the existing culture perpetuates this: Some long-timers aren't receptive to meeting new people as the company grows and bringing them into the fold. It’s a “fend for yourself” environment where survival of the ruthless reigns. Some people are just mean/rude. - Internal Communication: Nope. There is none. Have a suggestion for a new product/feature? Or maybe an anecdote to share that will help boost engagement? You’re out of luck finding a forum to share it in. The only feedback is in the form of app feedback, and even that is a black box to the person who reports. Basically, Snap is a place where you try to look as busy as possible and impress Evan/your leadership, without actually doing anything that’s moving the “camera company” forward in a meaningful way. It’s been very disappointing working here. Much like the app (Snapchat), the company (Snap Inc.) leaves a lot to be desired. I was hoping for world-class and just haven’t seen it yet. There’s a bunch of people rooting for Snap Inc., so it will be up to some bold souls (or Evan singlehandedly—which is more likely) to get to anything resembling success.

Pros: - Large and passionate user base - Huge projects - Huge impact - Equity - Office on the beach - Free lunch & dinner - Snacks and drinks - Super smart coworkers - Super passionate coworkers - Happy hours/Social events - Awesome swag - Great guest speakers

Cons: - Some churn in direction. - Some frail systems to maintain.

Pros: Opportunity to make a large impact for feature development or performance improvement. Opportunity to work with smart and entrepreneurial people. Good, free food and drinks, and a reasonable allowance to eat from local restaurants as well. Strong intern program. Strong salary, stock, and refreshment program. Strong product review and engineering process for releases. Vision: Evan Spiegel and the Design team are awesome for product vision and discussing new ideas. Strong engineering leadership. Work/Life balance is fine. You don't have to work on weekends. It is similar to other large tech companies. Innovative and ambitious culture.

Cons: Don't have an established campus. Office space sucks compared to Google/Microsoft. Not much is established for a review/performance system. Too many new grads (but this is changing recently). The leveling system for engineers does not seem right. Each new stock vesting schedule is the same as the initial hiring stock. Favoritism for closeness to Evan or Directors/VPs, etc. Not enough conference rooms.