Great people, successful company, bad politics - Anonymous employee Shutterfly Employee Review

3.0
2 Mar 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Awesome people, fun work (most of the time), good pay.

Cons

Too many managers and senior level staff with their hands in every project. Very political at times and the company often lacks transparency. Also, no shuttles to and from campuses or any help whatsoever with public transportation.

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5.0
2 June 2026
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Pros

Laid back, everyone on my 3rd shift were helpful and polite.

Cons

Not being able to go full time.

4.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
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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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