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3.0

36% would recommend to a friend

(2,263 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

X has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The X employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Nov 7, 2015

Strategic Sourcing Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, working with some smart, hardworking and talented people.

Cons

Like a bad high school environment. Very clicky and must drink the Twitter kool-aid to be heard. Very strange for what is supposed to be a progressive environment. People talk the same, sound the same, only accept one style of work methodologies. Also, poor senior management to director levels. Too green, not seasoned and again, all talk the same, walk the same and act the same. Though they preach to be transparent and open, there is very little listening and of course, no execution when someone is being heard. This is a big reason Twitter is struggling. Instead of building a unique environment where all types of thinking are challenged and welcomed, you must conform to things like walking with someone to the bathroom to ensure you make contact and connections with someone. Really? And you better believe that an unseasoned manager will call you out on it too. Better yet, what about the management that preaches but then takes advantage of the company at every turn. They pass along work so they can work out at the gym for 1.5 hours or talk about their personal problems in a professional workplace. Out of control and there is very little accountability. The funny thing is the people that work hard, smart and can help achieve greater success are forgotten or run over by those manipulative, untruthful and power hungry for themselves.

2.0
Nov 7, 2015

Avoid: It's a mess and you'll suffer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Some great colleagues, nice office space, flexible working hours, plenty of food and snacks (although the former is much reduced and declining in quality), good benefits (health insurance coverage is excellent).

Cons

Where to begin? Twitter has a huge management problem. Every team is in its own silo, thus creating a lack of internal coordination about efforts that is palpable when you find yourself duplicating work someone else is already doing. Managers encourage this 'silo mentality'. Priorities change and are defunded overnight, despite all the work and cost. I've seen many colleagues' projects being finished after a year, even when they are close to completion. It seems to me like middle and upper management discuss these things for months but don't tell anyone (talk about transparency). Then, one day they will announce it and expect you to move on. It wouldn't be unusual for them to schedule an off-site around this time as an opportunity for you to show you're on board. Get drunk, smile and carry on. People who have received promotions are definitely not qualified to get them, but they do whatever they are told and that's enough to get you one. It's insane: I've seen people change jobs internally two and three times a year just because their VP trusts them and nobody else. Lastly, there is no product vision. When big projects fail, they don't acknowledge it.

3.0
Nov 6, 2015

Brief Review

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome coworkers, brilliant multitalented positive engineers to be around.

Cons

Executives seem out of touch; not sure what they'll mess up next.

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