High performers: beware! - Anonymous employee Pinterest Employee Review

2.0
12 Oct 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Nice offices - people always had ‘best intentions’ and were nice - great benefits - fun culture before Covid

Cons

- if you aren’t coming in as a leader or manager and want to be developed in those areas, don’t waste your time. - contractors are underpaid and under leveled if they get to be converted - most managers do not like getting feedback which causes psychological unsafety for ICs - even the most sensible of requests are treated like a HUGE deal if coming from female or people from underrepresented groups. - fake interest from HR on solving actual issues - toxic culture for high-performers or innate leaders due to lack of career growth/path and mentorship

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Pinterest Response
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Thank you for your feedback. While we’re glad you’ve experienced positive elements of Pinterest, we are so sorry for the negative aspects you’ve encountered and appreciate you sharing these details so we can use them to affect change. We are deeply committed to improving our culture and have started tangible, measurable work toward improvement. Specific feedback is vital to our process, so we invite you to share (if you're comfortable) via our anonymous hotline: (844) 704-6249, and/or connect with People Experience, your HRBP, or myself directly. Jo, CHRO

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