Top compensation can't offset chaotic management and bad vibes - Data Scientist Snap Employee Review

2.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is at or near top of market for many roles. Coworkers are generally nice and helpful.

Cons

Company is run terribly. Seems like it never "grew up" and matured from an earlier era. The CEO is a 2010s "tech bro" who doesn't live in 2020s reality. No coherent strategy. Very chaotic operationally. Culture is cutthroat (depending on team) and general "vibes" are just plain bad. Employees have no trust in company leadership, and leadership doesn't seem to trust its employees either. Feels like everyone is always trying to leave and find something better at a different company - high turnover. Also, career growth opportunities are limited.

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Pros

Great working culture and mission of work

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

- Great base comp - Unlimited PTO - Good food at offices

Cons

- Leadership is incompetent. This company will die and when it does, it will be no one's fault other than Evan. - If you disagree with leadership and speak up, you will be punished. All SMC VPs hired each other from past companies. They are all corporate ladder climbers from Meta with no morals. - Being a leader at Snap means leading through fear and regularly throwing tantrums in conference rooms. - The ads business is a joke. No matter how many ex-[insert big tech name] engineers work on the product, you can't monetize an audience of 13 year olds or people who's sole use case for this app is inappropriate. - There is truly nothing redeeming about this business, B2C or B2B. It's all smoke and mirrors. I've never seen the population of monetizable users grow, it's only gone down since I've joined. To offset this we acquire the cheapest users possible to appease investors who see straight through this BS.

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