Automattic Reviews

Pros

Compensation, Work culture, Perks, 2 foreign paid meetups yearly, no. of Leaves

Advice to Management

There could be improvements in streamlining certain processes. I feel there is a shortage of code wranglers.

Pros

The people are smart, engaged in their jobs, and eager to learn and share knowledge. Everyone supports and encourages each other.

Working at home and making your own hours is invaluable to me; and the benefits are great.

The job is interesting and you are constantly learning.

The hiring process is intense, but the atmosphere is casual and supportive.

Advice to Management

Thanks for your support!

Pros

- A meaningful mission that everyone is aligned with and excited about
- More diverse opinions/backgrounds than you find at most tech companies
- Fun, exciting challenges to tackle in each and every team–huge impact
- Extremely transparent about everything internally, a culture of trust
- Distributed/remote culture is great, fun travel involved for the job
- Benefits are strong (can only speak as a US employee), compensation solid

Pros

Incredible benefits, flexible vacation/sick policy, some absolutely brilliant and kind coworkers doing wonderful things.

Advice to Management

Stop letting Matt do everything, like you did for hiring. Listen to what you're being told.

Pros

The flexibility of working from home is a tremendous benefit of working at Automattic, I think that it has provided an immeasurable improvement in the quality of life that my family and I now enjoy.
I want to also note that as a data scientist, the dedication to developing a solid infrastructure for analytics has been a great factor in my productivity. I have observed that the company is dedicated to an increasingly data-informed approach.
I have observed also that the company has made a commitment to inclusion -- it is by no means perfect but in these times the ability to encourage feedback and to act upon it the best starting point possible.
I have also witnessed the active promotion of women to positions of technical leadership within the company.

Pros

Best Company I ever worked! Working from home with your home office setup, a lot of benefits, unlimited vacation time. Lots of opportunities to work on projects across the company and expand your impact outside of your direct role. But most important is the people are smart, friendly, supportive and kind. I worked in different environments, startups, big companies, agencies, but Automattic is definitely the best.

Pros

Work from home, amazing co-workers, amazing benefits, a really good salary, relative flexibility, transparency within the company.

Pros

An unmatched opportunity to grow and learn as a contributor and leader. Coming from a traditional ad agency background I didn't know what to expect working as an in-house creative, but after a few months of an adjustment period, I couldn't be more happier with my choice. The benefits, work/life balance, the ability to do meaningful work are on a different level. Another amazing benefit I can see after my first few months at Automattic is company's dedicated focus on nurturing and supporting the (creative) talent. It took me a few months to let go of my agency bred insecurities and trust issues to relax and enjoy these personal and professional growth opportunities.

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work and fight hard to sustain the transparency you established

Pros

Lots of opportunities to work on projects across the company and expand your impact outside of your direct role.

Leadership is very supportive of continued professional growth. There are plenty of opportunities to pursue learning through conferences, online courses, and/or books.

The compensation and benefits are unlike any other.

We communicate through p2, not through email. That's a breath of fresh air!

The culture is open and honest so there are opportunities to get real feedback on your work and improve.

You get the satisfaction of working on a big mission - make the web a better place and democratize publishing online. It's really gratifying to hear from our users about how WordPress.com/Automattic has helped them to share their thoughts online or start a business.

Oh, and the remote working aspect is really awesome. I can't imagine working any other way 😃

Pros

For the first time in my life, I can say that I have found a company that truly cares for its employees. Great benefits, health insurance coverage, retirement plan.