Some good engineers but managers are bad across the board - Senior Software Engineer Snap Employee Review

1.0
2 Nov 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good compensation and benefits. Some really genuine engineers. TC and other benefits are better than the industry. A lot of things are still not built even after 9 years so you can come in and build those yourself.

Cons

Lots of micromanagers playing politics. I particularly noticed this in the Seattle office which has now become a cesspool of am-holes who are actively trying to undermine anyone who is not from Amazon. They bring the same aggressive tactics and micromanagement that you hear about at Amazon. They have monopolized the culture in Seattle office.

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great working culture and mission of work

Cons

I don’t have any cons

2.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great base comp - Unlimited PTO - Good food at offices

Cons

- Leadership is incompetent. This company will die and when it does, it will be no one's fault other than Evan. - If you disagree with leadership and speak up, you will be punished. All SMC VPs hired each other from past companies. They are all corporate ladder climbers from Meta with no morals. - Being a leader at Snap means leading through fear and regularly throwing tantrums in conference rooms. - The ads business is a joke. No matter how many ex-[insert big tech name] engineers work on the product, you can't monetize an audience of 13 year olds or people who's sole use case for this app is inappropriate. - There is truly nothing redeeming about this business, B2C or B2B. It's all smoke and mirrors. I've never seen the population of monetizable users grow, it's only gone down since I've joined. To offset this we acquire the cheapest users possible to appease investors who see straight through this BS.

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