Wayfair Software Developer reviews

3.5

80% would recommend to a friend

(293 total reviews)
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Niraj Shah

48% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Wayfair with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 293 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Wayfair is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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293 reviews
5.0
Aug 14, 2014

You learn a lot.

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Pros

Interesting projects, team is supportive if you reach out for help. The technology stack is diverse and you have the opportunity to learn a lot of modern tech and frameworks. Definitely a company for go-getters. Culture and the new Copley office is amazing.

Cons

Snacks could be better? Also with the company becoming larger, you see new people everyday and there tends to be a bit of turnover.

2.0
Jul 27, 2014

Awful Experience

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Pros

They try hard to have a good work culture with snacks, monthly team outings, tickets to sporting events, etc. The company is doing well and will probably

Cons

The codebase is awful. There's 10-year-old ASP code, but the founders and senior employees don't seem to understand standard software development methods, and so no one can take the time to do it properly. Anyone but senior engineers are basically code monkeys that spend 80% of their time dealing with existing code. The excuse is that they do things quickly "like a startup", except there's way too much traffic and complexity to the code to do things "like a startup". Also, no one seems to know the requirements, so you can't change any existing code for fear that you'll break something. The perks are good in theory, but snacks and one free drink a month isn't enough to make up for the unfulfilling work. Free event tickets are based on tenure with the company, so you have no hope of getting anything good until you've been there a few years. There is high turnover, with a lot of new engineers leaving within 6 months.

2.0
Oct 17, 2013

experience

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Pros

good to go. Can learn good work.

Cons

high volume of work. Managment is quite complex.

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