Not a good place for women - Anonymous employee Foursquare Employee Review

2.0
Jan 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible vacation, pays well, snacks.

Cons

I honestly thought foursquare would be so great, but I was wrong. Engineering is king there, but also mostly male. They have no initiatives to hire women in engineering and the few women they have are simply by accident. The CEO's flippant attitude in a company meeting when someone asked about this was appalling (When asked about the lack of women in a task force to make major app decisions he said "well that's just the way it is."). Sexual harassment was a major problem and they let the male employees get away with it. I worked way too many hours and was expected to do so, despite being a lower level employee. The sales team was horrendous, full of gossip. Drinking to excess was encouraged. I was honestly embarrassed to work there and left after 7 months.

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5.0
Jan 9, 2026
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Pros

They were previously switching strategy which caused turnover. Smart company that knows what they're doing. Was great to be a part of.

Cons

Like any company, lots of pivots. Causes uncertainty with job security which in reality doesn't exist in this industry.

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1.0
Jun 17, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You always get to surprise people when you tell them where you work and get the “oh, I didn’t know that company was still around”

Cons

Company culture is severely lacking, and it feels like Foursquare never found their footing after the pandemic. This, in turn, has led to the instability of constant layoffs and change at all levels, including C-suite management. From sales to tech, there’s probably a reason why the most senior level people are no longer there—because they read between the lines and left before the ship sank. Attempted to replace engineering talent with cheap Eastern Europe labor, which made a mess of the company. Now they’ve just become a shell of a company and a data broker with questionable data. Work here at your own risk, just maybe consider continuing that job search while you’re still there.

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