Pros: Twitch took a beating on Glassdoor over the past year or so. Some of the complaints are valid and have been addressed; for example, many leadership positions have been filled with qualified, talented people, and the rest-and-vesters are rolling out. Compensation is solid and backed by AMZN equity. The CEO is learning from past mistakes and no longer micromanages. Twitch dominates live streaming and is growing with esports at a prodigious rate. Now is a good time to join this company.

Cons: Some toxicity from disgruntled employees continues to be tolerated.

Pros: Great product, inspiring engineers, hard challenges to solve, and a breathtaking office in central San Francisco.

Cons: Managers. The current way of solving issues is hiring more managers, up until the point where nothing moves anywhere.

Pros: Benefits, while they still last, like massages and snacks, are pretty good. Some good people are still around. Compensation being tied to Amazon stock. Kudos to recruiting/HR for posting 5-star reviews on a regular basis to keep the Glassdoor rating afloat.

Cons: Twitch used to be a great company to work at. Too bad the CEO and the executive team have turned a great company into a dumpster fire. There is no long-term vision for Twitch. The executive team just cares about hitting their numbers, on this meaningless metric called "minutes watched" that doesn't actually mean anything, can be easily gamed, and doesn't drive value. They're so desperate to hit their goals that they've resorted to shady accounting of minutes. Every single month, half of the company gets sucked into these MBRs and WBRs. While they are good concepts, the goal for these at Twitch isn't to actually report what happened, but to write a narrative that changes every single month to pretend we are actually doing great, while in reality, most things are terrible. This way, Amazon can be confused while the execs inch their way another month closer to their next vest. Zero product vision. Micro-managing CEO. Zero long-term thinking or strategy. PMs can't establish their own vision for products; instead, they become mere puppets for the CEO, who is far too deep into the weeds. Wish he would give the PMs the freedom to decide the color of a button and instead focus on actual important things. Incompetent executive team (70% should be fired given the performance of their orgs). Ineffective communication due to the changing requests every week/month. Good people leaving left and right. How this company is still being run this way for this long is beyond me, but I expect significant changes soon.