Glassdoor reviews

- When I first joined Glassdoor it was the best company I ever worked for. The team was small and we were moving fast but without compromising in quality (i.e by shifting the deadline by a day or two if the product wasn't quite ready). As the company grew, stories became open ended and deadlines became almost impossible to shift which forced us to compromise in quality. There were at least three instances I could recall in the past year where we were given a hard deadline but without ironing out the details of the story or having final designs. In all three of those cases, we either didn't end up using that product or shifted the deadline so we could roll it out all together with rest of the teams. - Most of us are underpaid. This became clear when we launched Know Your Worth Tool. A former colleague of mine who left Glassdoor had told me about the 30% salary increase he/she got at their new place. - My new manager was micromanaging the team. He/she always wanted to know what we were working on (even though he/she was there for the daily standup). My manager would listen in to our conversation with fellow colleagues and provide unsolicited opinion.

The problem I have with working here on the product team is how the product team is run. It is still run like we are a small startup. I am micromanaged and this makes it almost impossible to contribute my own ideas and solutions. There is a need to better build and mentor individuals. I am most commonly told what to do and when I try to bring my own approach I am shut down and made to feel stupid. I am rarely provided direction or constructive criticism for how to improve my ideas. It is mostly about how I need to do a better job of making sure other's ideas and solutions are implemented. Ego often gets in the way of real collaboration and partnership. I want to stay at Glassdoor because I think this is a great company, but I don't know how much longer I can work in this environment. I was hired into the company under the impression that I would be able to contribute significantly to the product and grow my career. As it stands currently, I am not growing and it is incredibly difficult to contribute and feel good about the work I am doing. It's unfortunate that the product team runs like this and it is actually contrary to the culture that the company professes to engender. Think twice about joining the product team unless you like being told what to do and how to do it. If you value your experience and expertise as a product person, there are many other companies in the Bay Area that know how to treat their employees like professional adults.