Best days are behind this company - Hardware Development Sonos Employee Review

3.0
16 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great co-workers, fun and exciting product packed with technology

Cons

The previous CEO and CPO severely mismanaged the company, creating a cycle of constant starts, stops, and pauses that led to massive waste and left employees in limbo—only for management to regain direction briefly before repeating the process. They spent an incredible amount of money acquiring a company with a half-baked science project—technology that was only marginally better than existing solutions but cost twice as much to integrate into Sonos products. The lingering threat of layoffs has become a constant, and Sonos is no longer a place for engineers seeking challenging and fulfilling work. With the company fully committed to the JDM model, its once-strong engineering culture has been left behind.

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5.0
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture. People are humble.

Cons

In some teams engineers have to find projects themselves instead of waiting for roadmap which is good also but sometimes frustrating.

3.0
7 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good work. Passionate people. Good product. Remote.

Cons

Some bad managers. They lost their footing resulting in lack of company vision. Struggled to find working styles that elevated the company (they wanted to grow yet operate like a start up)

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