Great potential ruined by office politics, chaos and mind games - Anonymous employee Etsy Employee Review

2.0
28 July 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fantastic benefits, stunning offices. Dog friendly office, most people were very nice

Cons

Constant chaos, massive blame culture. Politics and mind games in HR was the worst I have ever encountered in over 11 years of being in the workforce. Work life balance was a mixed bag. Some team members taking complete advantage of it whilst others were clearly suffering from stress as a result of not being allowed to log off without fear of being reprimanded. Unreasonable escalations seemed regular and very common . Values were not lived up to. In saying this , I saw this at the time as being down to huge confusion and a lack of cohesion within senior management

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Pros

Stable, but stack can sometimes feel outdated

Cons

Pay is lower than industry standard

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