Automattic Reviews

Pros

- Flexibility - Most inspirational colleagues - Unlimited Time Off - Remote

Cons

- High stress and high paced - Numbers are prioritized

Advice to Management

None, I was let go due to my mistakes and negligence.

Pros

Great learning opportunity Friendly people Friendly leadership Strong feedback culture Great pay

Cons

No cons that I can think of.

Advice to Management

Keep going the way you are!

Pros

Working from home and traveling

Cons

Highly monotonous role due to the change in culture. The focus is on quantity over quality. Lower skilled new hires have lowered the bar drastically. Weekend work is mandatory

Pros

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

Cons

Could get monotonous, work could be stressful if not dealt with properly

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.

Cons

None, unless you don't handle change well, because there is always something new and the pace is fast.

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),...

Cons

- Sometimes miss the office work enviornment...sometimes ;) - Great for those with focus and self-discipline, challenging for those without - Decision-making is transparent but sometimes we could prioritize better

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...

Cons

- I would encourage a shorter interview process. There are many that are discouraged by the length and it is also exclusionary to those who can't afford to devote a lot of time and resources to the effort.

Pros

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

Cons

There is no hierarchy or room to advance. This is okay if you want to be a Happiness Engineer or a team lead forever. Otherwise, you'll start feeling like you have nowhere to go and no ways to develop after a while. This is especially frustrating for marketing and editorial people who want to do more things that Automattic, for some reason, insists on outsourcing to freelancers. Also, let's talk about Matt. Matt pops...

Advice to Management

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

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.

Cons

For the first time nothing to write.

Pros

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

Cons

I think the only thing is career opportunities within the company that are not very clear, at least for HEs