If you want to work in mediocre tech, work here - Anonymous employee Shutterfly Employee Review

2.0
16 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

--There are *some* really talented people working at Shutterfly. --Flexible hours --Big brand that people recognize and respect

Cons

--There are MORE mediocre, very new (unskilled), or checked out engineers than talented (there has been a serious brain drain and management doesn't seem to care to retain good talent) --The CFO has put in ridiculous policies (and doesn't seem to respect others...especially if you are a woman) He is a joke. --The new CEO doesn't seem to get what makes (or made) the company great. Still too soon to tell if he will be good or not. --HR is embarrassing. They give out incorrect information and are generally incompetent --There are more managers than engineers. There are meetings packed through out the day with no one to actually do the work. --The business doesn't have the gumption to make tough decisions. Product doesn't speak with tech when making roadmap decisions. Game changing tech work is cancelled to add more home decor products (because it will add 300K to the bottom line, but passing on investing in the code will cost far more in the long run) --The constant promise to reinvent and move forward and then shifting gears to stay the course EVERY SINGLE YEAR is super depressing. --Stock grants are slim to none. Most employees don't get grants after their initial offer. --Benefits have eroded over the years. Health insurance policy is not great, no (never has been) 401K match, forced PTO, and corporate laptops are aging and not refreshed very often.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

I work with diverse and supportive people. Teams and leaders demonstrate the will to respond to worker needs with kindness and respect. On the operational level, teams are highly flexible and adapt quickly to changes when provided proper support. Work-life balance is high priority for the people I interact with.

Cons

The company has difficulty holding on to talent in tech fields since a good chunk of the focus has to be allocated to art/design and production instead. CEOs come and go every few years, leading to instability. For some teams, the process remains overly complex and inefficient because of misalignments between leadership/engineering and ops team users. No formal humanist policy around AI & robotics yet.

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