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Updated Jan 26, 2023
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "No work life balance means that teammates don't support each other at all and it's very competitive." (in 44 reviews)
- "Managers don't know how to manageme and culture is moving towards the unfavorable faang type" (in 17 reviews)
- "lack of effective means to express concerns about poor management without fear of retaliation or with confidence it" (in 16 reviews)
- "Not work/life balance friendly, a lot of work being done around staffing the company enough to enable a better dynamic in this sense." (in 3 reviews)
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Great people, learning/growth opportunities, and competitive compensation
Jan 12, 2023 - in Minneapolis-Saint PaulRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I work with a lot of smart, diverse people from a collection of backgrounds, including other tech companies. I get to help plan the work I'll do, and enjoy the flexibility of WFH.
Cons
Fast growth has meant there's a lot of catch up to do, such as technical debt, process improvements, etc
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
*The best colleagues and internal partners who really, really care about their work, the company, and each other *Strong and trustworthy leadership *Super transparent and clear (!) communication at all levels *Generous total compensation package *Lots of opportunity to grow one's career from within *Great infrastructure *Remote-friendly *Amazing office perks, including great food and snacks *Amazing wellness and health benefits
Cons
*Work/life balance can suffer if you let it *Equity portion of TC is obviously dependent on a future IPO *Investments and improvements needed in the DE&I and CSR efforts
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Remote work, health and dental
Cons
Constant changes to roadmap and priorities
- Current Employee★★★★★
Fine place to work
Jan 19, 2023 - Staff Software Engineer in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Competent staff. Interesting tech challenges.
Cons
Lots and lots of reorgs.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Transparency about state of the business, strong leadership team that communicates strategic decisions, skilled and kind ICs who take oncall/reliability seriously, extremely good remote culture.
Cons
Some of the earlier years were a bit chaotic (i.e., not having a manager due to delay in hiring, or getting a new one every few months)
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Solid
Jan 18, 2023 - Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great compensation, interesting problems, good leadership
Cons
Bad work life balance, politics
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
High caliber coworkers, large problem space, top of market pay.
Cons
At times stressful, but managable.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pretty solid place
Jan 16, 2023 - Software Engineer in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
good comp and lots of good food and remote friendly
Cons
organization is messy and priorities are always changing
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
One of the best places I have ever worked
Jan 11, 2023 - Account Executive in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-Great people, team, and products -Strong company identity with a clear mission
Cons
-Lots of processes could be better -Still has growing pains and a lot of existing problems that are slow to change
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great teammates, variable management, declining culture
Jan 23, 2023 - Software DeveloperRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
My teammates were extremely helpful and knowledgeable There were plenty of opportunities to learn
Cons
Some teams were beginning to play political games to the detriment of shared objectives The current environment in the company is a like a pressure cooker The operating team isn't very transparent and is getting increasingly volatile
Stripe Reviews FAQs
Stripe has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 570 reviews left anonymously by employees. 50% of employees would recommend working at Stripe to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -16% over the last 12 months.
50% of Stripe employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Stripe 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Stripe to be career development, benefits, culture and the cons to be senior leadership, work life balance, management.
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