Pros
Potential? I guess. New location at a growing company.
Cons
Was involved in a mass hiring in which work force almost doubled in a small amount of time, unfortunately this companies identity and values went out the door when this happened. Lots of false promises and no clear answers. The company pays its recruiters and other positions way too much compared to sales people that actually bring in revenue. Recruiters essentially used old data to bring in nee employees especially when it comes to salaries, the B2B account manager compensation and overall commission structure is extremely flawed and based on way too many factors to even be considered a sales job. How does a company like this offer work from home opportunities for every department? The office setup/politics makes it more distracting than productive. They consider “perks” to be free coffee/beer, snacks and games around the office, which might be appealing to someone just out of college, but these kind of “perks” tend to distract people from how low the pay is compared to industry standards. I’ve never seen a company pull a “bait and switch” when it comes to hiring employees before. The recruiters really will say whatever they can to hire as many people as possible to get people to come on board knowing that the turnover is so high, essentially it’s just a numbers game. This company doesn’t set the right expectations when it comes to the job and has no consideration for people’s time and careers whatsoever. You’ll have to put at least 5 years into this job and make friends with the right people in the company to move up, hard work and leadership skills don’t matter as much when it comes to being promoted.
Pros
Good environment and learn a lots here
Cons
Nothing in my mind should mention
Pros
Wayfair is a fantastic company if you're a software engineer who's looking to keep quiet, and not speak up when management treats you like garbage. And it excels at finding leaders who are willing to go the extra mile to be untrustworthy and make you feel like your job isn't safe (and for real, it's not).
Cons
Let's talk. The company has been growing like crazy, and one thing that was never thought about was "can we actually hire at a sustainable rate, and scale accordingly?" The answer was no on both counts. Software engineers at Wayfair have a history of disappearing. People who enter labs have an especially low success rate (70% make it through, and less than 50% last a whole year). It's basically their way to run people through a burnout gauntlet, and see who survives. And then you have the stories of the people who come in to work and are just asked to resign. You'll see hints of it here on Glassdoor if you dig, and it's even worse than what you read. They actually gathered all the engineers for a big meeting at the beginning of this year. And they said that they were sorry that people felt scared and were sad that people felt like management didn't care. Which is exactly how we felt. They promised that their door was open, and they were going to work hard to set things right. One person out of 500 stood up and asked a really cutting question. AND THEN THEY FIRED HIM! And there were 3 completely different official reasons given about it. It's crazy. The leaders also started up an engineering meeting to keep everyone on the same page and answer anonymous questions. One time someone asked why we couldn't get snow days off, because it was tough to shovel for 3 to 4 hours and still work an 8 hour day. So the leaders proceeded to talk down to us and reprimand us for even thinking about asking a question like this. Turnover has been high over the past year, and the best people are leaving. This worries management, but they still have no idea that the problem is actually them creating a terrible environment. So if you're a good person who cares about the person next to you and leaving things better than you found them, don't bother applying here. But if you're not, and you just want to keep your head down and not question anything, then this is the perfect place for you. And if that's what you want, Wayfair gets 5 stars. Amazing career opportunities if you want to have the same job forever. Incredible senior management that value untrustworthiness. A fantastic culture of watching people next to you disappear. It's truly a perfect company.
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