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Glassdoor and Blind App are not the problem

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Twitch for 2 years
March 6, 2018
San Francisco, CA
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

There are some really smart people here.

Cons

Hiring: getting increasingly difficult. There are enough better tech companies out there (better culture, better leadership, better benefits, better pay).

Leadership: there is none. Too many incompetent and political people who only care about their own reputation. Decisions force smart people out.

Career progress: nonexistent. L4 -> L5, ok. L5 -> L6 can happen. L6 -> L7 - huh? (eng and PM, not sure about rest).

CEO: insane. Can't and won't delegate. Passionate about product, but not actually good at it for the scale where things are now. Can't align people.

HR: useless. Don't even know where to start with them... Care only if you have something that could damage company publicly.

Twitch is all about gaming. Especially the game of politics.

Advice to Management

Stop focusing on Glassdoor and Blind App. Fix actual problems and these two will no longer be on that list!

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