Nepotism, Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia abound - Recruiter Stripe Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The work is pretty easy. Overall, most of the people you work with are pretty dumb, So they're really impressed when you're able to do things at an average or slightly above average pace. A solid place to "rest and vest".

Cons

Blatant and open racism, sexism, ageism and homophobia. With a strong penchant for nepotism. I can't tell you how many times I've seen extremely qualified under represented people be passed over for "culture fit" only to hire someone's friend with no experience. This is a direct result of the C suite not seeing value in HR and failing to invest in preventative measures. This is then further exacerbated when the bulk of leaders/senior leaders are inexperienced. The culture can only be described as "finance frat boy". Its a lot of straight white men that think they're the best thing ever and the most intelligent person on the face of the Earth and about 85-90% of the women in leadership that I've engaged with are textbook "pick me" types that will tear others down to ensure they keep their standing.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

-Excellent Benefits -Breakfast and lunch everyday -Supportive Management -Great Pay

Cons

-Complex Product Suite -Quick ramp up

4.0
Jun 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The work is very high impact and there are lots of opportunities to learn if you're not already familiar with the fintech space. Most of the big projects I've been on so far have been fun to work on. There are also a lot of talented, kind, and helpful engineers at Stripe who are really nice to learn from. I really enjoy my manager and the folks on my team. The money + bonuses are ~ok~. Pretty standard for a pre-IPO unicorn, but the goal is that there will be a big pay off later (fingers crossed).

Cons

- The work life balance is *bad*. For how many products Stripe has, we are a very lean company. Too lean. There's just a lot of work, and very very tight deadlines, very fast paced, and not enough engineers and product managers to do all of it. If you want WLB as an engineer, join an infrastructure team, not a product team. - There is little to no investment in making the engineering org more diverse. This was surprising to me because of a lot of public facing company statements, but don't be fooled like I was. People (at least in the eng org) do not care about diversity. - HR sucks. And of course they would, I guess. But I had a really negative experience with HR where I walked away feeling completely devalued and gaslit. - Dev environments kinda suck and make the work a lot slower than it should be.

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