Pros
At the beginning of my tenure at Snow, it was an awesome place to work. We had awesome perks; hybrid schedule, regular happy hours and work sponsored parties/events. It seemed like they really cared, and we were doing awesome work for awesome clients! What could go wrong?!
Cons
Somewhere along the way, those in charge of managing the finances at Snow got in over their heads. In order to keep the ship afloat they decided to look for investment; In comes current Parent company to Snow - Printful Inc. Interestingly enough at Snow we had already been doing business with Printful for years, so this new change in ownership didn't initially alarm the Snow team. For a few months we chugged along - but slowly started getting pulled into the Printful systems for various workplace related stuff - ultimately it kind of stayed the same Snow we all knew - but change was coming. There were small things that my co-workers and I noticed that - looking back on it - were the start of the downfall. The frequency of company get togethers for morale and team-building, etc, slowed down. Food was no longer present at mandatory in office meetings. Reviews that were once a lunch trip and chat with your manager were now just semi-scripted one-on-ones in someones un-used office. The hybrid schedule was now being sctrictly enforced - no more working from home on a day you might have an appointment, etc. Things were starting to change for the worse. As already echo'd by someone else in these reviews In late 2024, after the parent company, Printful, announced a merger with a rival print on demand company, Printify, layoffs were announced. Snow Commerce employees were invited to the company-wide all-hands meetings where the layoff plans were discussed and timelines shared with the employees. However, Snow Commerce conducted surprise layoffs that occurred weeks to months before the communicated dates. These layoffs were conducted just days after the BUSIEST time of the year for e-commerce. Imagine getting through busy season as a tax preparer and getting canned, being a coach that gets fired just before tournament season, etc. There are a lot of methaphors to be made, but regardless, this was a low blow. As someone who knows the state their operations were in when I was forced to leave, I seriously have no idea how that place is still functioning. There are quite literally maybe 3 people that understand how everything works to get the orders from the websites correctly sent over to the vendors, and then getting that stuff you ordered correctly shipped to you. And this is for a company that was projected to do 52 MILLION DOLLARS in revenue in 2024. Yes, they have maybe 3 total people in operations running that show. Maybe less. Bless their hearts. Oh and I forgot to add, all of this non-sense you put up with is for way less than fair market value for the jobs. I know I was underpaid by like 20% at least. I don't think a single person on the developer team crested 6 figures - not even the guys who CREATED and implemented every single system they use. Point is, not enough juice for the squeeze.