Not a happy place for engineers - Software Engineer Opendoor Employee Review

1.0
Nov 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Fast growing company - Great snacks in the office - Travel to local offices, e.g. Hackweek

Cons

- High work expectations, lots of pressure - No time for fun, cheap on spending - Lack of culture, no engagement with other co-workers - Low comp - Very few good senior engineers - Lots of bad engineers that don't get let go - Heavy stock dilution, stock was diluted 47% in 2018 I've been at Opendoor for 6+ months and I don't see myself working here much longer. The company is growing fast but it is lacking in too many areas that make it an unhappy place to work. When I meet engineers in private 1 on 1s almost everyone is thinking about leaving due their frustractions of working here. It seems most people joined here thinking it looked great from the outside and the growth potential. The SF office has no culture making it a very boring place to work. Employees don't feel any sense of beloning at this company and the company is very cheap when it comes to spending money on employees having fun. This place mainly attracts junior engineers since they don't pay enough to attract top talent.

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5.0
Mar 19, 2026
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Pros

Recently joined - Kaz is fantastic. There's been basically no blockers to us shipping. Very long hours but you can feel the impact in the work you're doing

Cons

Not much right now. Things are a little chaotic but that's what I signed up for. EPD leadership is maybe a little lacking

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3.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I spent four years at Opendoor and back in 2021 This was a great company to work for. We had great benefits were remote and the pay was competitive. Opendoor tonight me a lot and I was able to refine my skills through hundreds of new leads every month. The role of home Sales advisor requires a large knowledge base and comes with a lot of autonomy and responsibility. Historically they have had a really hard time hiring from the outside and most new hits don’t last one year.

Cons

Frequent layoffs a culture of fear and mistrust. In 4 years I survived 6 rounds of layoffs. The new ceo has caused a lot of problems mainly by repeating the same mistakes we made before.

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