Poor work life balance, - Anonymous employee Coinbase Employee Review

2.0
Jun 13, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

High total comp Generally very smart people

Cons

Senior leadership (and CEO) is too hands on and doesn't trust staff, tons of thrash due to this when teams are in build phase Remote culture here doesn't respect working hours at all, especially if you're on the east coast (people messaging you expecting answers at 8pm) Eng teams always under water and don't get time to invest in really good environments (they barely have an e2e testing infrastructure setup) Getting things done here takes 2x as long as other places I've worked at due to stiff ownership boundaries and lack of help from other teams

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Pros

The people are amazing. Some of the smartest I've met and yet also the best to work with. I learned so much from working here.

Cons

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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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