Solid product with cult-like following - Recensione dipendente - Manager presso Figma

5,0
4 lug 2019
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- High quality bar for hiring. No jerks. Fantastic, talented colleagues to work with. - It's an awesome blend of B2C and B2B. Having a free plan drives a lot of growth. - Working with creative makers (our target audience) is fun. - The customer base is super passionate and vocal which means we get to work with an engaged community. - Some of the most progressive design forward companies are using the product already. - It's nice to be part of a winning team.

Svantaggi

- Because we sell a design tool to customers with high expectations, we have to have a high quality bar for our work. Sometimes this doesn't work well for all types of employees as the pressure to execute with craftsmanship can be overwhelming. - We've gone from 50 to 100 employees in the last year. This a critical time where the CEO transitions from making a lot of decisions to making less and letting the team run. Sometimes people feel uncomfortable during this transition but it feels normal to me.

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5,0
3 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- great culture - impactful team

Svantaggi

- actually i enjoyed my time at Figma

2,0
20 mar 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

* decent work life balance. I don't think there's a hustle culture per se * leadership is exceptionally smart and personable (but see issues on execution below) * humble eng team, few egos

Svantaggi

My biggest shock when I joined this company was just how bad the execution on the product team actually is. I had assumed a company with a beloved product must have an excellent product org, but far from it! Seems like most of Figma's successes were accidental, or due to some early engineers' visionary work. Mainly, this company does not know how to ship AI products incrementally. Specifically the org that builds Figma AI is constantly stuck in the cycle of: * CEO gets scared by something on Twitter * Product engineers rush to build a demo for new features that'll "save the company" * Prototype gets rushed, customers are unhappy * Overpaid team of PhD researchers gets pulled in to hill climb on quality, but takes too long to make meaningful progress * Customers get even more angry * Product team adds(!) scope * The market has moved on to the next shiny AI thing * We scrap the project, or are asked to do the next, even bigger thing * ... and so on, ad infinitum, but no meaningful AI products ever ship. But hey, they pay pretty well!

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