Remote work is a plus, but pressure is overwhelming - Consultant Deel Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Well… at least it’s remote. I was lucky to end up with a genuinely nice team.

Cons

The workload, deadlines and SLA expectations are extremely high and unrealistic. Considering number of hours I ended up working, the compensation didin’t feel adequate at all. There is constant pressure from every direction, but very few proper tools or support structures to handle the workload efficiently. (At least in my team) there was also a lack of experienced specialists, which often forced me to work outside my scope. Professional development is also very poor. There are no real trainings to help employees stay up to date in their profession or continue growing professionally. Most trainings are only about internal platform/process changes. What frustrated me the most was that management seemed fully aware of many operational problems, rushed releases, unstable processes, burnout, and constant pressure, yet nothing was done to make the environment more stable, sustainable, or quality focused For me, the worst parts of working at Deel were the extreme pressure, nonexistent employee care, lack of work-life balance, and growing professional stagnation Also - the role turned out to be quite different from the job description. The position was presented with very ambitious expectations, but in reality the work was focused on completely different tasks than I originally expected

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5.0
May 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great management and nice people in the company.

Cons

no cons really but if I have to say one thing, it would be 401K can be higher to match.

2.0
May 25, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

- Fully remote - Mostly nice and talented people, you can learn a bunch and the atmosphere is good in the beginning - Once you realize you're not ever getting a raise you can get by doing bare minimum - You can write the ceo on slack and he will respond, which is actually insane considering its such a huge company

Cons

- Everyone is underpaid, even the senior directors. They present employee equity as extra compensation, but make it very difficult to sell shares at secondaries. - Raise/promotion policies are set up in a way where most ppl will never get it. I've seen superstar employees get 2% annual raise. The rest got 1%. - Pay is localized, so you can do the same exact job but get pay half of the compensation if you're not based in the US. - It's either employee contract for less money, and you have some employee rights given to you by your country, or more money but you're getting misclassified on a b2b contract and using vaction days when you get sick. The actual work requirements and responsibilities are the same in both cases. - If you're not drinking the koolaid you better fall in line and keep any opinions challenging the status quo to yourself - Manager can get pretty manipulative, they'll say anything to appease you, but will not act in your interest unless it aligns with their internal politics play

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