Started Strong, But Declining Fast - Anonymous employee Coinbase Employee Review

2.0
May 5, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Excellent benefits package (at least in the beginning) - Flexible work-from-home setup, which made work-life balance easier

Cons

- The company suddenly pushed for return-to-office (RTO), despite earlier promises to remain remote-first - Leadership often contradicts their policies and messaging; there's a noticeable increase in micromanagement - Gradual removal of stipends and key benefits over time, which made the company feel less employee-focused

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Pros

Smart, interesting coworkers. Good manager/s.

Cons

Remote culture can make it hard for building connections

4.0
Aug 6, 2021
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Pros

- Very interesting technical challenges - A LOT of autonomy (could be a con) - Amazing perks (WFH stipend, random gifts all the time) - Very smart colleagues - Great communication all around the company - Exciting - Brilliant CEO and engineering execs - A lot of useful education and automation regarding processes

Cons

- There is a lot of autonomy so if you're the kind of person who needs the work to be handed to you, you'll have to adjust - Since crypto is a very fast paced field, you will often have multiple projects on the go at the same time so work-life balance is usually relatively bad, although the company does offer re-charge days (and weeks) so that we can all take time off. - This is the biggest con: you get assessed if you're "on-track" or "off-track" every quarter, if you're "off-track", you have 60 days to fix it. Quite an aggressive stance, similar to Amazon's PIP program which is notoriously toxic.

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