Does Remitly pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Remitly employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Remitly. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Remitly?

65% of Remitly employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Remitly 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Remitly?

Risk Investigator (30) , Customer Protection Associate (29) , Software Engineer (21) , Product Manager (16) , Risk Analyst (12) , Customer Service Representative (10) , Analyst (9) , Compliance Analyst (9) , Transaction Risk Investigator (9) , Senior Software Engineer (8) , CPT (7) , Director (7) , Program Manager (7) , Fraud Analyst (6) , Marketing (6)

What are the cons of working at Remitly according to real employee reviews?

"2. Poor leadership" ((in 23 reviews)); "poor management" ((in 19 reviews)); "lots of "experienced" middle management being hired, front line managers have it the worst dealing with unrealistic leadership expectations" ((in 15 reviews)); "no work from home opportunity" ((in 5 reviews)); "middle management worst (directors)" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Remitly layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Remitly layoffs and their outlook for job security at Remitly in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Remitly locations?

Seattle , New York , Bellevue , Spokane , Miami , USAR Center

Remitly reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(512 total reviews)

Sebastian Gunningham

64% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Remitly has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 512 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Remitly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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512 reviews

3.0

Oct 6, 2022

Culture used to be great but not anymore

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to a lot of areas to work due to small teams.

Cons

Actions don't match words when it comes to culture.

5.0

Aug 10, 2022

Lots to like, needs some change to love!

Senior software engineer(sde iii)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Positive mission and purpose Tech opportunity is great for engineers wanting impact and autonomy Company doing well in biz and market

Cons

Engineering is too fragmented. Not enough focus on enabling engineering. Strong CTO but needs founders backing Legacy code needs to be addressed

Remitly Response

3y

Thank you for your feedback! I am glad that you find meaning in our positive mission and purpose and that you see the strength of the company. I agree that we need to follow Ankur's lead and we've made some changes to ensure that happens. Thanks again for sharing your feedback.

4.0

Feb 2, 2021

Fantastic Company. Deeply Committed to Customers

Program manager (non-technical)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

CEO is authentic and is genuinely passionate about providing a helpful, user friendly, affordable service to immigrants around the world. Great culture built on empathetic partnerships and making sound data driven decisions.

Cons

Working on providing more guidance around internal career development. They have put brand new programs in place to address this need and it is exciting to see how this is developing.

Remitly Response

5y

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback! I'm so grateful that you're on the team and I can tell that we share a passion and focus for serving our customers. Please continue to do so and know that we'll be here to support you. Great feedback on internal career development. As you mentioned, we've got some brand new programs on this front so please let us/me know how they're going as they're new so I am sure there will be things we can do to Continuously Improve them. Thanks again for your feedback and for being part of the team! Very grateful that you're on the team.

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