Loved it in the beginning, but overall a pretty bad experience - Tech Team Babylist Employee Review

2.0
18 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- there are a lot of positive and friendly people - offsites are fun - benefits are quite good - overall company trajectory seems good

Cons

- Executive team micromanages while simultaneously not empowering teams for success - Quite a bit of employee volatility/turnover at high levels, which obviously has big downstream impacts - some of the people managers were promoted for their technical knowledge rather than their - they preached work/life balance quite a bit when I was interviewing, but this was not my experience at all. Myself and my peers were very frequently putting in late nights and weekends and getting messages from higher ups outside of work hours.

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5.0
5 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Dynamic culture, very forward-thinking. Excellent dev tools

Cons

Oscillating priorities at times. Things can change quickly.

2.0
26 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Babylist used to be a fantastic place to work. Great growth opportunities, great comp. Understanding managers, you used to be able to even have coffee/virtual lunch with the founder! I will say they are still growing and making the right business decisions with what they’re doing.

Cons

Treats employees 100% as replaceable, which I understand, but you should value them! There’s also a constant fear for your job because of so many people being randomly let go. When I was first hired, communication was clear and performance plans were used. Now you’ll log onto a 1:1 with your manager and randomly get fired for nothing.

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