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Smart Team, Great Perks

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Snap for 2 years
April 22, 2017
Venice, California
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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.

Advice to Management

Get out of Venice.

Too much designer focused.

Listen to your engineers for suggestions.

Directors need to have a better management experience.

Competitive strategy is needed.

Stop favoring people and be transparent.

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