Snapchat claimed to be a ‘camera’ company. The company created instant messaging that heavily features its camera tools as its main attraction.
hindered by toxic management terrible management, toxic work environment, a lot of politics, manager will target you if she does not like you
Fast paced with constant change and poor direction.
- 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.
Depending on team but poor management seems common. Very small disorganized teams. Quarterly performance reviews seem excessive, leading to poor long term goals. Total comp is comprised of a lot of stock, which is always trending down..