Clear Aspirational Vision and the Talent to Execute - Anonymous employee Affirm Employee Review

5.0
Oct 26, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazingly smart, hard-working, and friendly group of people that have a very clear directive from the exec team about the goal that we are moving towards but freedom to figure out the best path to get there. The perks and benefits are great, but it's the mission, quality of the team, and the momentum that we're starting to build which keep a lot of us excited to put in the long intense hours that our roles sometimes demand.

Cons

As with any quickly growing company, we need to do a better job of making sure that mid-level managers are provided the support and resources they need to be effective leaders for their teams. That has not necessarily been a priority in the past but there is now a concerted effort to improve in this area.

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

Supportive team, great benefits and transparent leadership.

Cons

Role can be specific which may prevent you from working on other areas / with other teams as easily.

3.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

Affirm has a lot of talented engineers and high impact, interesting products to work on. The company is remote first and I traveled abroad for a few weeks a year while working.

Cons

Most of the projects were under tight deadlines which put a lot of stress on the engineers. Management didn't really understand what was required of engineers for many of the projects which made it difficult for them to communicate the team's needs upward. My team was short staffed for senior and staff engineers so techincal leadership was also lacking.

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