Wayfair reviews

The codebase is awful. There's 10-year-old ASP code, but the founders and senior employees don't seem to understand standard software development methods, and so no one can take the time to do it properly. Anyone but senior engineers are basically code monkeys that spend 80% of their time dealing with existing code. The excuse is that they do things quickly "like a startup", except there's way too much traffic and complexity to the code to do things "like a startup". Also, no one seems to know the requirements, so you can't change any existing code for fear that you'll break something. The perks are good in theory, but snacks and one free drink a month isn't enough to make up for the unfulfilling work. Free event tickets are based on tenure with the company, so you have no hope of getting anything good until you've been there a few years. There is high turnover, with a lot of new engineers leaving within 6 months.

Salaries and bonuses are below average for Boston area and the company is bleeding talent because of it. This company will likely go public very soon so I would expect quite a bit of consolidation, lay-offs, and restructuring, and potentially higher pay for those remaining. Everything is a "pilot" or "test" and so the full commitment of resources and support almost always translates to failure (from what I saw).