Great people, layoffs suck - Software Enigneer Twitch Employee Review

4.0
14 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people working here are incredibly smart, kind, and will gladly help you work through any blockers you have. The Twitch office is cool! The food is good and the chefs are incredibly kind and humble. The work you do has impact on a culturally-relevant product.

Cons

Leadership does not have a well-defined vision, they veer off course incredibly quickly, and are scared to make decisions. Forces managers + eng teams to crunch in order to get the reqs done. Lots of hail mary investments into products that don't even have significant customer adoption. Growth is extremely team-dependent. High-impact work and learning new tools are dependent on your manager. Promotions are impossible if your manager does not like you. Lots of burn out across many orgs due to culture diminishing over the years. Two massive layoffs that cut more than half the company at this point destroyed team morale since explosive covid hiring sprees.

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5.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Love working here at Twitch

Cons

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3.0
8 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Most employees care a lot about the service. - Most employees are very user focused. - Most employees are very friendly and inclusive making for a pleasant collaborative experience.

Cons

- Amazon influence over Twitch getting more and more impactful and invasive. - Fun and enjoyable workplace slipping further and further away to more corporate bureaucracy. - CEO is not as trusted as once was.

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