Disappointing leadership - Anonymous employee Snowflake Employee Review

2.0
9 Mar 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Great comp * Aggressively tackles issues around things like developer productivity - better tooling constantly being invested in * Generally very good ICs to work with

Cons

* WLB is a mess. They'll strongly hint that you put in a lot of overtime and then when it comes to your performance review, they will knock you down because 'what you did isn't sustainable'. And then, within a week, they'll be recommending you work overtime. * Company has a lot of very senior ICs who all like to weigh in on designs. Getting approval do do meaningful work can be a serious challenge.

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5.0
16 June 2026
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Pros

Leadership has great initiatives for the organization

Cons

Need for being present in the Office

2.0
6 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility of working remotely for remote workers, reimbursement for cell phone and gym expenses (remote workers). Pay is decent. Company viability seems relatively good.

Cons

Company culture and morale tanked when the current ELT came onboard. Strong surveillance culture, shady communication, sneaky layoffs are becoming a new norm with this ELT. Opportunities for career growth are much more limited now. Benefits are getting cut - “unlimited PTO” is limited, reduced company holidays. Stock based compensation is stingy at best. Even as a top performer , don’t count on getting equity refreshes or raises. Intent on replacing humans with AI vs augmenting human work with AI.

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