Wayfair

• Friendly, nurturing culture.
• Fun environment for 20/30-somethings.
• People who perform well often get promoted.

Messy, buggy codebase.

Company is stingy about investing in new technology/equipment.

Culture of getting things done quickly, even if they are partially broken.

Becoming increasingly corporate, with BS meetings and superficial productivity metrics that encourage quantity over quality.

Pay is below market average.

Work-life balance is not always great for engineers, depending on the team. Sometimes engineers have to work late into the night or be on-call during weekends.

Supposedly, transparency is a core value of the company, but many important decisions are made behind closed doors.

Employees and managers vary greatly with respect to engineering ability and communication skills.

Not an exciting company to work for in terms of its mission (selling furniture and beating out local Mom & Pop furniture stores).

Invest a little more in your engineers and do a better job of thinking about the long-term, not just how to get the next short-term project out the door as quickly as possible.

Help your engineers grow by encouraging them to do less hacking and more engineering.