Not like it used to be - Anonymous employee Affirm Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some incredible people in the company and made lifelong friends and colleagues

Cons

If you look at an old Affirm job posting, it says something about how hubris was a reason for the downfall of banks. Unfortunately, the senior leaders and especially execs not only embody hubris, but also perpetuate an environment of cronyism... arrogance... sexism... biases... and an exceptionally low to non-existent EQ. Take a look at the product and engineer org and their history of ill-conceived reorgs where incredible product managers were pushed out or placed in roles where they would either disengage and leave or underperform since it misaligned with their actual strengths and talent.

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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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