> While other Snap employees and executives sit next to each other in an open floor plan, Spiegel’s office towers over the building's old lobby at the top of a flight of stairs. The door to the office is locked and protected by a special keypad."
In every company I've been in that uses open offices, the executives get closed door offices.
> To the group’s surprise, the meeting was in the security room, where Snap's security guards are stationed, according to one person familiar with the matter.
Isn't this a matter of safety? I remember this historical story at one large company I worked at: after a layoff, the employee returned to his manager's office with a gun. Thankfully, the situation was defused.
> Beyond vague statements like “building the world’s best camera” and making “communication more real and authentic,” there’s little-to-no communication inside Snap about what’s in the pipeline.
Just about every company...
> “There were times when we would do PowerPoint presentations, and you literally would spend 50% of the time formatting it,” one of the former executives Business Insider spoke to recounted. “What shade of yellow, that sort of thing.”
Just like any big company!
I have nothing for or against Snapchat. It reads like a poorly crafted hit piece against the CEO.