Snap Inc. Claimed Company
Snap Inc. is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. read more
Snap Inc. Company Culture
Snap Inc. Culture
This score is derived from employee ratings & reviewsChoice Employer
A+
4.8/5
Top Rated Culture Dimensions
Compensation
A+Environment
A+Executive Team
A+Gender
A+Happiness
A+Snap Inc. CEO
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Evan Spiegel
68 /100
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Diversity at Snap Inc.
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A
Diverse employees at Snap Inc. have rated Perks And Benefits, Happiness, and Team as the highest categories they have scored
Women at Snap Inc.
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A+
Women at Snap Inc. have rated Perks And Benefits, Happiness, and Team as the highest categories they have scored
Snap Inc. eNPS
Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"Top 50%Top 50% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Recommend to a Friend?
0
Snap Inc. employees are 0% more likely to recommend Snap Inc. as a great place to work
| 44% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 12% | Passives |
| 44% | Detractors |
Working at Snap Inc.
Working at Snap Inc. is rated highly by 710 employees, across various culture dimensions. Snap Inc. employees are most satisfied about Compensation, Environment, and Executive Team categories, putting Snap Inc.’s culture in the Top 5% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 15% compared to other companies in Los Angeles. See below in detail how working at Snap Inc. was rated by employees.
Overall Company Culture at Snap Inc.
A+
Overall Company Culture at Snap Inc. is rated A+
Last updated months ago
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Snap Inc. ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 5,001-10,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score
Snap Inc. Employee Reviews
Out of 541 Snap Inc. employee reviews, 95% were positive. The remaining 5% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Snap Inc. improve their work culture.
| Positive Reviews | 95% |
|---|---|
| Constructive Feedback | 5% |
Positive Reviews From Snap Inc. Employees
- What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?we're team oriented and lots of smart and ambitious people
- What is the best part about your compensation package?equity/ownership and one medical and the maternity leave
- What do you like best about the leadership team?The team transparency and optimistic outlook towards the company's mission. They instill a positive mindset and get us excited about where the company is going.
Constructive Feedback From Snap Inc. Employees
- What needs to change to make the company culture better?Better processes across orgs and investment in personal development
- What does the leadership team need to get better at?The company functions in start up mode whilst in reality it should start acting like the size company they are. Better processes and collaborations with teams.
- Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?I do not feel undervalued, but there have been changes in leadership, and what may have been the standard in past leadership is not the standard currently. The leveling feels off and kind of felt like I got the short end of the stick.
Snap Inc. Company Information
Snap Inc. Company Overview
Snap Inc. is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Snap Inc. was founded in 2011 and its current CEO is Evan Spiegel. Since its inception 15 years ago, Snap Inc. has grown to 6000 employees.
Snap Inc. Mission, Vision & Values
Snap Inc. Mission Statement
Snap Inc. the parent company of Snapchat, is all about enhancing real relationships between friends, family, and the world—a mission that is as true inside of our walls as well as within our products. We are a diverse team of designers, engineers, marketers, brand strategists, and so much more—all working together to create an environment that fosters individual and collective creativity, growth, innovation, and most of all fun. From our bright and open offices to our vibrant culture—we strive to make every day at Snap feel fresh and exciting.
Snap Inc. Vision Statement
At Snap, we have a long track record of pioneering industry changing innovation, and we like to think that kindness is our business superpower - it’s not a constraint on our growth, it’s a driver. We strive to live up to our values of being kind, smart, and creative in how we operate as a business, support our team, community, partners, society and the planet.
Snap Inc. Values
- We are a top destination for innovators who want to build technology for our diverse, global community to experience the real world through AR.
- Snap was built as the antidote to social media - our values around privacy, safety, and wellbeing are built into our products.
- We keep striving to live up to our values of being kind, smart, and creative in how we operate as a business.
- We’re committed to building diversity, equity, and inclusion into everything we do—from the products and technology we build.
- We believe that offering team members the autonomy to work in the way that is best for them contributes to a productive & inclusive work environment.
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Snap Inc.
We seek to be kind to the planet by applying a sustainability lens to every aspect of our business — from our workplaces to our products and throughout our value chain. The Planet section of our report describes our efforts in 2021 to assess climate risk, up-level our climate commitments, reduce our carbon emissions, operationalize our Climate Action Plan towards our 2030 Net Negative emissions goal, maintain carbon neutrality, reduce the impacts of our products and our supply chain, and raise awareness about relevant environmental issues through Snapchat.
Addressing the climate crisis by reducing the carbon footprint of our products and operations
Conserving natural resources and reducing waste
Minimizing the environmental footprint of our products across their lifecycle
Building a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain that emphasizes worker well-being and responsible materials use
At Snap, there are tons of opportunities to make a lasting impact — both at work and in the community!
Our giving programs focus around three key pillars: empowering youth, education, and the arts. We volunteer thousands of hours every year through Snap CAMP (Community, Arts, and Mentorship Projects). Whether we’re renovating houses for new mothers or offering free coding classes to women in need, we’re always finding new ways to give back.
In addition to our sponsored volunteer projects, Snap team members can also take paid time each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice that aligns with our three giving pillars. We want to help you give back, your way!
| Website | www.snap.com/en-US/ |
|---|---|
| Founding Date | 2011 |
| Tel | 1-310-396-7252 |
| Company Status | Public |
| Stock | SNAP |
| Jobs | careers.snap.com/ |
| Social Sites | |
| Headquarters | |
| Santa Monica HQ | 2772 Donald Douglas Loop N Santa Monica, CA 90405 United States of America |
| Seattle HQ | 2025 1st Ave Seattle, WA 98101 United States of America |
| New York City HQ | 229 W 43rd Street New York City, NY 10036 United States of America |
| Chicago HQ | 111 W Erie St., Fl 3-4 Chicago, IL 60654 United States of America |
| Boulder HQ | 4775 Walnut St. Suite 100 Boulder, CO 80301 United States of America |
| Dallas HQ | 3102 Oaklawn Ave., Suite 210 Dallas, TX 75219 United States of America |
| Washington HQ | 1333 H NW Street 12th Floor Washington, DC 20005 United States of America |
| Palo Alto HQ | 395 Page Mill Road, 3rd floor Palo Alto, CA 94306 United States of America |
| Lehi HQ | 3451 N Triumph Blvd, Ste 104 Lehi, UT 84043 United States of America |
| San Francisco HQ | 875 Howard Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 United States of America |
| Santa Monica HQ | 3000 31st St Santa Monica, CA 90405 United States of America |
| Austin HQ | 405 Colorado St Austin, TX 78701 United States of America |
| Toronto HQ | 205 Spadina Ave, Toronto 2c7 Canada |
AR allows us to express ourselves more fully | AR connects us, and new features like VoiceML, 3D Hand Tracking, and Connected Lenses are allowing us to express ourselves more fully, further merging the physical and digital worlds in profound new ways.
Meet Pixy—your friendly flying camera by Snap! Pocket-size and free-flying, Pixy takes the magic of the Snapchat Camera and lets it soar!
What’s Here and Now With Creators | At our annual Snap Partner Summit, we announced tons of new ways we’re empowering creators to dream big and build bigger. Take a look at exciting updates from this year’s event to help the Snap community grow their audience, building the latest Lenses, or connect with other creators.
What’s Here and Now With Developers | We’re introducing new ways to level up Minis with experiences that let users interact with friends on a greater scale — while still keeping data private. Check out this announcement and more from the Snap Partner Summit.
What’s Here and Now With Snap AR | At the Snap Partner Summit 2022, we announced some exciting features for our Camera. See how together with our partners, we’re taking augmented reality even further on Snapchat — and beyond.
Create Snaps That Stand Out With New Director Mode | See how you can elevate your Snaps with the latest tools on Snapchat to capture, edit, and create next-level videos. Snapchatters can use Green Screen Mode, Dual Camera Mode, and Quick Edit, then share seamlessly to Stories and Spotlight.
Build Bigger With Lens Cloud on Snapchat | Introducing Lens Cloud, a collection of backend services built on the same infrastructure that powers Snapchat and vastly expands what developers can create in augmented reality, helping them dream big and build bigger. They can build out experiences with features like Multi-User Services, which lets friends interact together at the same time — all within the same Lens.
Creating a Camera for Good | Inclusivity. Openness. Responsibility. These are our guiding principles when it comes to building camera technology. That’s why we’re testing new features to more accurately highlight our community and what makes them unique, including an initiative using augmented reality to teach American Sign Language to Snapchatters with fingerspelling Lenses. We’re constantly working to create a more inclusive platform where our community can better express themselves and make connections through our Camera.
A DECADE OF SNAP | THE VALUES OF SNAP The best products come from creativity and artistic expression.
Snap Inc. Employees
Snap Inc. has 6000 employees in 13 locations. 710 employees at Snap Inc. have reviewed Snap Inc. across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.
Overall, the 710 Snap Inc. employees give their leadership a grade of A, or Top 10% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.
Employees at Snap Inc. are extremely happy with their total compensation at Snap Inc., which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.
Overall, employees at Snap Inc. are extremely happy with their team. 710 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at Snap Inc. are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
The majority of employees at Snap Inc. believe the environment at Snap Inc. is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Snap Inc. is comfortably fast. About 54% of the employees at Snap Inc. work 8 hours or less, while 5% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.
Overall, the employees at Snap Inc. are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
Snap Inc. employees generally work 9.2 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at Snap Inc. report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
On a typical day, employees at Snap Inc. have 1 meeting
Meetings
A Day in the Life
92% of Snap Inc. employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
Snap Inc. employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
85% of Snap Inc. employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
A Day in the Life
Snap Inc. employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
Feedback
A Day in the Life
93% of Snap Inc. employees call their work environment positive
Environment
Joining Snap Inc. - Employee Onboarding
The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Snap Inc. is that the company was very prepared on their first day. Snap Inc. employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 33% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.
Snap Inc. KPIs and OKRs
At Snap Inc. 100% of employees think their department KPIs and OKRs are clear. Employees’ understanding of Snap Inc. KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 132 Snap Inc. employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 125 have said yes.
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Snap Inc. CEO & Leadership
68 /100
Snap Inc. CEO Awards and Recognitions
Snap Inc.’s CEO Evan Spiegel started in this role in 2011. Evan’s approval rate is just above average, putting Evan in the Top 40% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Bottom 45% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Los Angeles. Evan Spiegel is well regarded by employees for the Compensation Snap Inc. offers, and ranks among the Top 5% of CEOs by employees in that category. Evan is most liked by employees in the Communications department and employees in the HR department. However, employees in the Product department have a slightly unfavorable view of the CEO. When compared to Snap Inc.’s competitors, Evan Spiegel ranks just below Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy. With Evan’s leadership, Snap Inc. employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and Environment. Evan was rated slightly below average for eNPS.
Snap Inc. Leadership
The Snap Inc. Executive Team is rated an “A+” and led by CEO Evan Spiegel, Senior Vice President of Engineering Timothy Sehn, and Senior Vice President of Engineering Jerry James Hunter
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Diversity & Inclusion at Snap Inc.
Diverse employees at Snap Inc. score the company 81/100 across various culture categories, placing Snap Inc. in the Top 10% of companies on Comparably with 5,001-10,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Snap Inc. across various culture dimensions.
"We know DEI is a marathon without a finish line. To drive systemic change we need tools, inspiration, expertise, and incentives to stay in the race." - Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel,,We strive to cultivate a culture of inclusivity, and we’re investing in new ways to strengthen that culture every day — through employee resource groups, internal development programs, unconscious bias training, networking opportunities, recruiting initiatives, and more.
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Snap Inc. Perks & Benefits
- Fully subsidized medical, dental, vision for you + spouse/domestic partners/dependents for full-time & part time (20+ hours) & interns - 25+ mental health sessions for you + dependents through Lyra - 15 days of sick-time, unlimited vacation for salaried employees, 15 days for hourly employees, - Up to 16 weeks fully paid parental leave (up to 28 weeks birthing parents ) - Up to $40K adoption & fertility coverage / up to $80K surrogacy reimbursement - For team members who need to travel for medical treatments that are banned in their state of residence, Snap will provide a travel benefit allowance that includes transportation and lodging of up to $10,000 for an individual seeking those services. - 1 month flexible, fully paid return to work program work - 120 hours of back-up care per year (US) - 401K matching, Mega Backdoor Roth option (pre-tax, Roth and after tax options) & BrokerageLink feature
Health & Wellness
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Gym Membership / Reimbursement
Paid Time Off
- PTO / Vacation Policy
- Paid Holidays
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
Financial Benefits
- 401K / Retirement Plan
- Performance Bonus
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Office Perks
- Free Food
- Work From Home Policy
- Unique Office Space
Snap Inc. PTO
Snap Inc. PTO and Vacation policy typically gives unlimited days off a year. Paid Time Off is Snap Inc. most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 50% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. Snap Inc. benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $1000 -$1500 cash value per month.
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H1B Visa
In 2019, Snap Inc. applied for 199 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 73% were approved.
Work Permit Application Outcome
Snap Inc. has a total of 6000 employees
199
Total Applied
H1B Applications Outcome
- 73% Granted (145 out of 199)
- 1% Denied (2 out of 199)
- 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 199)
- 26% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (52 out of 199)
This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data
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Overview of Candidates Interested in Snap Inc. on Comparably
Candidates By Department
All Industries | 23% | |
|---|---|---|
Engineering | 14% | |
Sales | 10% | |
Design | 9% | |
Marketing | 8% | |
Other | 37% |
Candidates By Location
Los Angeles | 18% | |
|---|---|---|
San Francisco | 7% | |
New York City | 5% | |
Chicago | 3% | |
Matthews | 2% | |
Other | 67% |
Frequently Asked Questions regarding Snap Inc.
What is Snap Inc. address?
Snap Inc. location is at 2772 Donald Douglas Loop N
Who is the CEO of Snap Inc.?
Snap Inc. CEO is Evan Spiegel, their score by employees is 68
What is Snap Inc. revenue?
Snap Inc. revenue is $825M
How many employees work in Snap Inc.?
Snap Inc. has 6000 employees
Who are Snap Inc. competitors?
Snap Inc. main competitors are Google, Meta, Amazon
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