Best Place I have ever worked - Backend Engineer Chess.com Employee Review

5.0
Jan 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You are respected when you work here. Your time, your mental outlook and everything else under that umbrella. The team genuinely wants to see you happy and stress free. Maintaining that positive balance is the number one priority, doing your best work and helping you grow comes after that.

Cons

Distributed remote work across the entire globe can occasionally make syncing with teammates tricky. But that in itself is also a huge bonus, remote work is awesome.

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5.0
May 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Generally relaxed work culture - Incredible flexibility due to remote work - 99% of people here are good people and fun to work with - Interesting though still niche product - Seeing incredible growth in recent years

Cons

- Below market pay (they are working on this) - Lack of clear strategy at times, feels reactive - Senior leadership hired externally has generally been terrible, with a couple exceptions (need more internal promotions/growth) - Lack of solid retention incentives for top talent (though this is slowly improving, a bit late however)

5.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fantastic culture and work life balance. The company treats you with respect and positivity. Couldn’t be a better work environment.

Cons

Pay is not up to industry standards

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