Glint reviews

I was inspired by the calm and comfort over the last couple of weeks to write this review. As an engineer you will join one of two main teams. If you’re asked to join the new product team then run as far as you can! You will always be shadowed by micromanagers who don't trust in the ability of the engineers on the team. There is close to no autonomy not even when you want to discuss something with the product team. Managers can be rude, puts names on people, commands people what to do without respecting them as intelligent engineers. Reminds you of a bully. As a new engineer you will be greeted in the first daily standup: “I’m your manager and if you don’t know that already we have a problem!”. Unbelievable level of unprofessionalism! Good luck trying to voice any concerns because managers are popular with the CEO.

- brutal commute unless you live in RWC/Hillsdale area - pick either a) dealing w/ rush hour SV traffic on 101 or b) commuting w/ Caltrain and connecting to a shuttle - mediocre equity, benefits compared to other software shops in SF/SV - seems like sales team has most of the growth opportunities - (related to above?) LOTS of emphasis on sales numbers - prioritized above other goals/metrics - difficulty hiring in eng/product - recruiting process awful - emphasis on growing remote teams because they're cheaper rather than fixing comp structure and hiring the best local talent - poor coordination b/w eng + product leads to a lot of thrashing, feature creep, slow execution - work-life balance not the best (due to previous 2 bullets) - deployment cycle slow and burdensome - eng infrastructure is conceptually complex - lots of institutional knowledge held by a small (2-3) group of people - many processes outdated or simply wrong - leadership slow to prioritize change - too much reliance on QA process, not enough up-front testing - lots of variance in mgr quality - and micromanagement definitely happens - no exit in sight for foreseeable (< 3 years) future