Wayfair

Work at a large scale.

It will give you a new outlook on life after having worked here. You will learn all about politics and inherent bias, bias of all kinds – not because you were taught how to overcome it, but because you will be entrenched in it.

• Work at large scale.
• Big, impersonal company; you are a cog in the machine.
• Toxic workplace culture perpetuated by leadership (if you are a woman, don't even bother).
• Red tape and bureaucracy for everything.
• Lies about being a "tech" company – that is not the focus. It is a retail company, that is where the focus (read: money) is.

Wayfair is a company that got too big too fast. There are about 10x more people than are necessary. That's because 5/10 people are on non-stop triage, 2/10 are useless, 2/10 are political schemers who undermine everything (and get promoted for it), while the 1 person out of 10 is actually trying their damnedest to do anything about it without screaming.

But, according to the execs, everything is totally fine and awesome, and everyone can't wait to get back into the office together. Except for the execs, you know, who live in other states and never come to the office.

Wayfair will sell you on being a "tech" company and aim to compete with the likes of Amazon or Netflix, but they have no idea how to actually run a tech company. The system is an absolute dumpster fire, which leadership continues to pour gasoline on with their "initiatives" instead of allowing engineers to put the fires out and build anew.

I do not recommend working here. Unless you're a charismatic white dude, in which case you should definitely apply.

Fix your incentive structure.

Figure out how to identify ACTUAL talent and not just the smooth talkers.

DEI, DEI, DEI.

FORCE your execs to talk to people "beneath" them. Make them spend a day on the front lines. They have NO IDEA what it's actually like.

Also, give up on RTO.