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
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty good office location. There are some cool folks.

Cons

Ended up doing work specialized to a specific position apart from my own. Very poor communication amongst teams, team members, and management.

2.0
Jul 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good coworkers Decent Benefits Transparent company financials

Cons

Revolving management door Terrible mentorship program Thankless role in support Entire support department underpaid (unless you work consistent OT/Holidays) Customer base has outgrown support department

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WP Engine Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your experience and feedback, as it a way we can continue to grow and improve. We’re sorry to hear that this was your experience. We’re very proud of our technical support organization and are always looking for ways to provide more opportunities for support technicians to ensure their growth and development.
3.0
Mar 26, 2022

Not as great as it used to be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Great benefits * Get to work with and learn from lots of REALLY smart, extremely friendly and fun people * CEO is personable and is a great beacon of the company culture * Customers tend to be raving fans * Quarterly recognition based on peer nomination * Great tech, cool tools and decent budgets

Cons

* Started hiring too many chiefs and not enough indians (to actually get the work done) * Splitting the company into business units just created more silos, while supporting departments were stuck in the middle; creating some positions that were duplicative of other roles and made it seem as if the BUs were the strategists and the functional areas supporting them were simply supposed to jump and do what the BUs came up with. * Let go two female execs and replaced with one male (that, frankly, many people are scared of) * Promotions are given to those that suck up and lie with numbers, who always have answers (or a presentation) that make themselves look good at the expense of others. No clear-cut path to promotions in many departments. * "Never say no" culture (and if you do, you're being difficult, and/or people go around you until they get what they want) * Becoming a place of toxic positivity, where employees bringing up issues are deemed too "passionate," too negative, or troublemakers.

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WP Engine Response
4y
We appreciate this feedback. As we continue to grow, fostering open and honest feedback is invaluable to our success and our work to continuously improve. We wish you well in your future endeavors.
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