Hinge reviews

It starts off great but it will go downhill rather quickly. There is no clear structure or organization behind the scenes and most leaders are inexperienced folks that have been at the company for years and have gotten promoted too quickly, and premature promotions continue to happen. That said, it is mainly the leaders of the company that make the employee experience rather negative and toxic. Leaders will gaslight you, lie, and provide you with empty promises. Favoritism is very prominent and it will become very obvious. Leaders also enforce unfair business practices within teams and no interest in hearing feedback, it’s very much their way or the highway. They are very much just trying to keep up appearances and do minimal work, rather than prioritizing the needs of their team. People are leaving left and right, while still hiring for many roles and it’s clear they are scrambling to figure things out. All of this, in addition to below market pay, is not worth the toll this environment will take on your mental health.

When you first start it seems like the best job with all of the tech company perks and the great people, but there is so much gaslighting and micromanagement that you soon get a glimpse at what's really behind the curtain. Instead of your manager listening to you when you tell them you have too much on your plate, they will gaslight you instead of helping you. A decent amount of the leadership and management team have been with the company almost since it first started - they worked their way up to the top, but they now have very little to no work experience outside of Hinge and don’t know how other companies function. There are so many egos swirling around in upper management that it’s sometimes just an endless swirl and nothing gets accomplished. The company will not prioritize your career growth and the way performance reviews are conducted are not standardized, so you’ll have no clue how to advance and will not be encouraged to grow. The head of the people team quit last year and they still haven’t hired a replacement - as is the HR stereotype, they’re only there to protect the company and leadership, and any issues from lower level employees won’t be taken seriously. Pay is also under market rate compared to roles at other small to medium-sized tech companies, plus their remote policy is very confusing and somewhat discriminatory. They will hire new roles remotely as they see fit, but current employees need to be hybrid in New York or argue their case and suffer a 10% pay cut if they want to move and be full remote.