Is Stripe a good company to work for?

Stripe has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,509 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 61% of employees would recommend working at Stripe to a friend and 73% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Stripe have been left by employees working as Sales Development Representative (SDR) , Software Engineer(Internship) and SWE Intern .

Does Stripe pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Stripe employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Stripe. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Stripe?

61% of Stripe employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Stripe 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Stripe?

Software Engineer (214) , Account Executive (82) , Senior Software Engineer (37) , Program Manager (30) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (26) , Product Manager (23) , Operations Associate (21) , Software Engineer(Internship) (21) , Recruiter (18) , Manager (15) , SWE Intern (15) , Operations Manager (14) , Data Scientist (12) , Product Support Specialist (12) , Sales (12)

What are the pros of working at Stripe according to real employee reviews?

"+ people are smart and very humble" ((in 197 reviews)); "Great benefits and remote allowed." ((in 139 reviews)); "Colleague are smart" ((in 58 reviews)); "Good compensation (I got SRUs)." ((in 44 reviews)); "Great leadership and product overall" ((in 42 reviews))

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

"No work life balance means that teammates don't support each other at all and it's very competitive." ((in 85 reviews)); "Most have to create all their own opportunities because managers have too wide a scope to understand their world" ((in 47 reviews)); "Bad management especially global team" ((in 45 reviews)); "Annual layoffs signal at stack" ((in 19 reviews)); "It’s not uncommon for engineers to work long hours or feel pressure to be always “on.”" ((in 19 reviews))

What are employees saying about Stripe layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Stripe locations?

San Francisco , New York , Seattle , Chicago , South San Francisco , Los Angeles , Austin , Boston , Atlanta , Washington , Portland , Charlotte , Houston , Mountain View , Oyster Point , Raleigh , San Diego , San Mateo , Denver , Deland , Orlando , Tampa , Jersey City , Mountain Home , St. George , Norfolk , Fairfax , Kansas City , Bozeman , Missoula

Stripe reviews

3.7

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,331 total reviews)

Patrick Collison

84% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Stripe has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,331 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Stripe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0

Dec 6, 2017

Join in you're good at office politics

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Worked alongside intelligent and ambitious individuals throughout the org. Transparency from the top down Food was amazing The opportunity to be apart of something big

Cons

Sadly, management was (is?) a joke at Stripe. They hired or promoted folks who were inexperienced or were in no position to be managing people. Different teams tend to have cliques and be exclusive. Managers would show favoritism. So if you're good at office politics you will succeed here. Hard working and honest folks were often overlooked because people who had it "in" we're first in line for promotions. Work/Life balance really took a toll on people. Granted, Stripe is in the financial industry so there is an underlying expectation that you need to be available 24/7 and that's just the way it is there. You NEED to put in the hours and work 10+ hour days (esp if you want to get ahead). To some extent, I enjoyed the competitive nature of working there. However, sometimes it would get in the way of doing the core function of your job as you were expected to juggle multiple projects and be "nimble"

3.0

Oct 11, 2021

Machiavellians are taking over the company

Anonymous employee

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Pros

- Most early employees are genuine and kind, from my spin-up buddy to the kitchen staff - The founders are energetic and friendly. Their aura attracted smart and kind folks at the early stage - Hopefully a big payout from the IPO - Food was delicious and healthy at the same time. Hmm those mixed grill Mondays and Taco Tuesdays

Cons

Dark triad became prominent as time goes by. - In addition to the common narcissism in tech, machiavellianism is a bigger problem in this company IMO. The over-index on "empathy" at hiring brought in people who are good at manipulation (for their personal gain, not to encourage productivity), as emotional intelligence required for empathy is correlated to emotional manipulation. - The accountability culture (or in the worst interpretation the "blaming" culture) selects the most self-serving and morally corrupt managers to survive. They do so by cultivating stories that it's all for the benefit of the team or the company, but if you observe what they really do, they operate with the "me first, second and third" principle. - The long window of pre-IPO hype attracted toxic people in, introduced a backstabbing scene and made the environment cutthroat. Envy at workplace is not an often talked about topic, but it was brought in by the hiring spree and became increasingly toxic.

1.0

Nov 26, 2016

Too good to be true

Technical support

Recommend

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Pros

Nice building Pool table Dance floor Hour lunch Extremely laid back Office games Food bar Fresh food and register

Cons

Ignores potential good employees Bad interview process Too many Irish speakers Ignores good potential

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