Solid Leadership, Brutal Middle Management.. - Senior Software Developer Faire Employee Review

2.0
13 May 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Startup perks, best tech, monitors, etc. Awesome IT team, best I’ve ever worked with Free meals (and high quality)

Cons

Middle management very inexperienced, devs shoe-horned into management roles where they were not nearly as effective. Hours can be brutal.. and not necessary! HR unfortunately kind of “classic” — I was lied to about job opportunities during hiring, throughout my time there I was misinformed, and I made the mistake of not getting everything in writing! Really hoped a startup would be less painful here than corporate, but turned out worse :( Faire feels like it really wants to be google, but to get there they are burning out employees left and right and have policies fit for a company the size of google, not a startup

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5.0
27 Mar 2026
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Pros

Great talent pool, highly motivated team

Cons

Very analytical, sometimes gets in the way of shipping

4.0
26 June 2026
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Pros

Great culture, high talent density

Cons

work life balance and rapidly changing priorities

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