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Good pay and stability, but leadership struggles persist

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Snap for 4 years
August 5, 2026
Santa Monica, CA
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Pay and stability.
  • Depending on the team, WLB can be pretty good, and many teams are chill.
  • People are generally kind, smart, and creative.
Cons
  • Four-day RTO.
  • If you don't have good relationships with leadership, then the layoff risks are real.
  • Quarterly planning destroys good long-term engineering foundational work.
  • Leadership have constantly changing priorities and lack coherent strategic vision.
  • Overall company headwind (regulatory, product, monetization) can be very demoralizing.
  • Don't agree with the Spectacles product roadmap, and spending this much is unjustified.

Additional Ratings

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

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