Is Affirm a good company to work for?

Affirm has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 649 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Affirm to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Affirm have been left by employees working as Analyst , Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer .

Does Affirm pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Affirm employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Affirm. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Affirm?

72% of Affirm employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Affirm 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Affirm?

Software Engineer (71) , Senior Software Engineer (28) , Analyst (12) , Product Manager (12) , Staff Software Engineer (11) , Operations (9) , Software Engineer II (8) , Account Executive (7) , Client Success Manager (7) , Engineering Manager (6) , Operations Associate (6) , Team Lead (6) , Sales (5) , Senior Manager (5) , Customer Operations (4)

What are the pros of working at Affirm according to real employee reviews?

"The culture here is great and inclusive." ((in 68 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 33 reviews)); "My team is great and I have only good words about other teams I have worked with at the company." ((in 28 reviews)); "Great colleagues" ((in 12 reviews)); "Very good and salaries are great." ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Affirm according to real employee reviews?

"bad managers are allowed to stay at their job and there is no recourse if your manager sucks" ((in 20 reviews)); "Lack of vision and leadership in the tech org." ((in 19 reviews)); "Poor management, startup company and unorganized." ((in 17 reviews)); "Always scared about potential layoffs" ((in 12 reviews)); "There is definite favoritism." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Affirm layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Affirm layoffs and their outlook for job security at Affirm in 2026.

What Affirm locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Austin , Chicago , Atlanta , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Seattle , New York

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3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(610 total reviews)

Max Levchin

89% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Affirm has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 610 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Affirm employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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610 reviews

5.0

May 27, 2026

Great team culture but challenging upper management politics

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Team culture is great, lots of opportunity for growth

Cons

Politics in upper management can be soul sucking

5.0

May 23, 2026

Great benefits and work-life balance, but growth varies by manager

Marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, amazing benefits, inspirational CEO

Cons

Internal growth trajectory highly dependent on your manager

5.0

May 17, 2026

Great company, but frequent changes and layoffs

Business development representative (bdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

overall really great company to work for.

Cons

from my experience a lot of changes and lay offs happened during my tenure

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