WP Engine reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(541 total reviews)
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Heather Brunner

81% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

WP Engine has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 541 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WP Engine 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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541 reviews
1.0
Jul 28, 2014

Horrible place to work, bad leadership - some good people

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Pros

Money was good. Met some cool peeps.

Cons

Like most start-ups, they do not know how to hire people and they hire and fire without realizing that they are playing with people's lives. Disgusting place to work.

5.0
Jul 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

WP Engine has great benefits, they show how they really care about their employees. Every day brings new challenges that are engaging and cause you to keep learning. I work around a group of motivated and fun people that work as a team to help make sure that our customers are happy. Our CEO walks in every morning with a smile on her face, knows the names of just about everyone here and takes a moment to ask how you are doing, not how the queues are, but how I am doing as a person and how my family is. They feed us all the time. Not only is there a pantry full of snacks, there is a soda machine, stuff to make sandwiches and most time lunch is catered (4/5 days out of the week). We have unlimited PTO but just about everyone loves working here so much that we take less PTO then jobs where you get two weeks off per year. Full medical, dental and vision insurance, 100% paid by WP Engine.

Cons

A few co-workers are difficult to interact with, don't embrace our culture or work ethic. To some extent I feel like those individuals will eventually drop out and not affect the work environment. If you can manage to keep your distance you can really enjoy the people that really care about doing a good job and making the culture better.

5.0
Apr 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, amazing culture, we get fed, plenty of awesome snacks, and it really is like we're a family. People get very close and WPE hires people that fit a certain culture and have a certain mentality. We're very social, driven, and intelligent people who strongly care about the work we do and making our customers happy, but we also love to have fun. If you work hard, learn as much as you can, and contribute, it's easy to be recognized by everyone in the company. If you have a good idea, management will always listen. It doesn't matter if you're Level 1 support or TechOps -- a good idea is a good idea. I've seen many employees suggestions (including mine) be implemented. The potential for personal growth is astounding, especially coupled with the fact that the company is growing at a ridiculous rate. Plus, free parking in a parking garage downtown. That's pretty sweet.

Cons

The only bad thing I can really think of is that people might feel pressured to work lots of overtime. Management loves seeing people put in OT (unlimited OT!...for now, at least) and the people that work a lot obviously tend to get recognized more, so I can see how people might feel bad for not working OT. But really, as long as you put in your 8 hours and do good work, people aren't going to view you poorly. People have lives and can't always be at work, and everyone knows that.

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