Wayfair

Pay is decent, especially with the stock. There are a lot of opportunities to learn since so much of the architecture is getting an overhaul.

• Very little PTO.
• Toxic leadership, which has only worsened since Jim Miller became CTO.
• "Up or Out" culture, meaning if you are an L1 or L2, you must get promoted within 18-24 months or you will be PIPed out.
• Promotion criteria can be arbitrary and unrelated to daily job duties.
• HR is awful at handling harassment claims. The solution is usually to move the person affected by harassment to a different team rather than firing or moving the harasser.
• L2s and L3s are massively overworked and carry the company. L2s are by far the least happy employees, and upper management does nothing.
• Tons of inexperienced managers.