Coupang: promising company, but 80-hour weeks and a very pushy culture

2021-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

Strong prospects and a lot to build, but weeks of more than 80 hours and a very pushy, competitive culture make it exhausting; picking the team matters.

CoupangBackend EngineerPosted 5 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 3–6 months
Role: Backend Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 5
Location: Seattle
Degree: Master's
Experience before joining: 3–5 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: Yes
Clear path to grow: Yes
Hours a week: Over 80 hours
Who makes the decisions: Engineers
How colleagues work: Working themselves to exhaustion
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Food: Free, and fine

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Coupang: promising company, but 80-hour weeks and a very pushy culture

CoupangBackend EngineerPosted 5 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 3–6 months
Role: Backend Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 5
Location: Seattle
Degree: Master's
Experience before joining: 3–5 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: Yes
Clear path to grow: Yes
Hours a week: Over 80 hours
Who makes the decisions: Engineers
How colleagues work: Working themselves to exhaustion
Office politics: Some, but tolerable
Food: Free, and fine

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