Changing from startup to corporate is changing the culture - Happiness Engineer Automattic Employee Review

2.0
Mar 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Working from home and traveling

Cons

Highly monotonous role due to the change in culture. The focus is on quantity over quality. Lower skilled new hires have lowered the bar drastically. Weekend work is mandatory

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

At Automattic, the culture is really great!

Cons

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1.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

- You can work 1 hour a day and get away with it

Cons

- CEO is on his high horse - Teammates from Taiwan don’t really work. Especially product managers. They just talk and fail at their goals or accomplishing anything but somehow still have jobs.

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