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, 3.7 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 pros of working at Remitly according to real employee reviews?

"Remitly is full of genuinely great people who care deeply about the mission and the customers they serve." ((in 49 reviews)); "Great culture built on empathetic partnerships and making sound data driven decisions." ((in 46 reviews)); "Good benefits and culturally motivated" ((in 33 reviews)); "Great team and collaboration." ((in 18 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 15 reviews))

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

"Poor leadership and management as well as a very complex and unnecessarily old tech stack." ((in 23 reviews)); "poor management" ((in 18 reviews)); "lots of "experienced" middle management being hired, front line managers have it the worst dealing with unrealistic leadership expectations" ((in 16 reviews)); "There were recent layoffs and benefits are reduced, The AI push is also crazy" ((in 6 reviews)); "no work from home set up" ((in 4 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

65% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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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

5.0

Mar 18, 2022

Great company overall.

Senior manager it

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Be ready to work hard, but it’s worth it. A company that follows its mission to the core.

Cons

N/A at this time Still learning the company overall

Remitly Response

4y

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback! As you continue to learn about the company, please ping me if there is anything that you think we can do better. So glad you're part of the team!

5.0

Mar 14, 2022

All around great place to work!

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting problems to solve. Great people.

Cons

As might be expected in the financial industry, infrastructure and security compliance can be a velocity constraint.

Remitly Response

4y

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts/feedback! I agree that we have a great people (you being one of them) :)! And we definitely have very interesting (and hard!) problems to solve. Thanks for balancing the velocity constraints that we have as a fintech company -- where trust is paramount -- with the need to keep things moving so we can build great products for our customers. I'm really glad you're part of the team.

5.0

Dec 29, 2021

The best mission and values-based culture focused on making a difference.

Principal program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Awesome company focused on making a difference for immigrants around the world. Genuine and positive values that permeate through all levels - emanating from the CEO and c-suite as they very visibly live them.

Cons

Hesitant to make a definitive call on post-pandemic work model. Can be overly cautious at times.

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