Not worth the abuse - Senior Software Developer Fetch Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The unlimited PTO is real, and line managers encourage you to take it. Individual teams / managers are supportive and positive. No set schedule or deadlines, and radical developer freedom (more on this in the cons).

Cons

Fetch has leaders who are absolutely convinced it's the best place to work in the world, and they had me fooled for a while. They tell you they care about your wellbeing, and the wellness coach does. However, they impose unreasonable standards for app performance (sometimes outside of the engineer's control) and expect a level of urgency that is completely unhealthy. Multiple times the entire tech org was expected to work through the weekend because the CTO said so. The overwork would actually be tolerable if it weren't for the public humiliation. The design reviews are really just a chance for the CTO and his favorite engineers to talk down to people and make them look/feel stupid. The CTO has also openly stated that he doesn't care about how he makes you feel and that engineers are expected to tolerate any abuse he dishes out at any time, and how he delivers that "feedback" is irrelevant. It's good pay, it was a good team, it had good benefits, but it will never be worth being publicly humiliated over the tiniest mistakes and being expected to produce perfect work or be shamed for it. There's no concept of improvement here, if it doesn't match some arbitrary standard set by the CTO, it goes in the garbage.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I've personally had an incredible experience working at Fetch. It's the first time I've truly felt supported by leadership and invested in as an employee. Fetch truly is what YOU make of it. I really like that Fetch encourages us to explore different tools, and makes them easily accessible. The tuition reimbursement program we have is amazing! I also really enjoy all the different ERG activations, this is the first time I see a company truly encourage people to be involved.

Cons

Things do move quickly here, and some days can be long... but it's also a scaling, tech start-up with a ton of momentum. That kind of comes with the territory. We are growing, and fast. I personally think it makes it the perfect time to join the company.

1.0
Jun 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, great pto policy, great rewards system, on paper the company looks great

Cons

-incompetent leadership (not all, but a good portion) -bait and switch style hire process -they don't have solid direction on where they are headed so it's a lot of top-down confusion -leaders have heads in the clouds but don't know how the tactical things happen, so there are two different realities amongst execs and the lower level employees doing the work -pay comparisons are questionable -microaggressions, bullying, and bias run rampant as it's not much diversity -absolutely no one knows who does what, so you will spend hours or days finding the right person just to get a task done OR question answered. Causing unnecessary delays and tension. -Because of the ai first nature, a lot of people are hired that don't have a clue what they are doing tactically. So conversations and next steps are written and fueled by ai. -Everyone talks like walking philosopher degrees with unnecessary filler and jargon to SOUND like they know what they are doing, but not enough tactical skill. Semantics are huge here. Because of this, ALOT of miscommunication and confusion happens. -They don't have the proper organization or management tools, just slack heavy... as you can imagine chaos breeds in this space. Everyone says "Welcome to Fetch" instead of just hiring the right leaders to bring structure asap. -The focus is too much on doing whatever to get the job done and hit revenue goals.

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