Luno reviews

4.4

95% would recommend to a friend

(567 total reviews)

James Lanigan

97% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Luno has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 567 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Luno employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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567 reviews
5.0
Jul 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Truely agile. Very adaptive to change. -Treat you with a lot of respect. There are a lot of young new people here. Easy to fit right in. -Awesome merch, tech and company perks. -Very exciting industry to be in at the moment.

Cons

-Parking is very difficult to find. But they do compensate with a travel allowance.

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Luno Response
6y
We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with feedback and we’re happy to hear that you are enjoying your journey at Luno! To the moon🚀
5.0
Jun 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really good work atmosphere, Luno really values its employees, and goes a long way to make sure they have what they need to do their job. The "Moontality" values are more than just motivational slogans, but really live in the company and how things are done.

Cons

Everyone complains about not having medical aid or a pension fund, but this was clear during the hiring process and is compensated in salary.

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Luno Response
6y
We appreciate you taking the time to provide us with feedback and we’re happy to hear that you are enjoying your journey at Luno! To the moon 🚀
3.0
Jun 6, 2019

Excellent place to learn, with a few teething issues

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- great people to work with - high growth - good work/life balance - interesting product developments - great place to learn - good culture - fun work environment

Cons

- no medical aid - no share offering - no choice to be paid in BTC (the actual product) Senior management seems to be blinded by some people who have been working there for a long time. There is hard evidence pointing to a bad seed and a toxic employee, but because of the relationship they have the ceo, it makes voicing it awkward and hard to do. Especially because the person is in HR.

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Luno Response
6y
Hi there, Marcus here. Thanks for taking the time to write such detailed feedback. Appreciate the positive comments, hope we can build on that for others too. Noted on the medical and shares points - as discussed at the last all hands the main issue is that we do actually pay everyone in kind for medical, so no-one should be out of pocket here, and we are working on giving people the option to join a company-wide scheme, but again the financial impact shouldn't be different either way. Interesting point about the BTC - we've had some requests for this in the past. The reason we don't pay in BTC is not because we don't want to / can't, it's because in most countries it's not clear how to declare it for tax in one's personal capacity, so we don't want people to have to deal with individual tax issues. Over time as we work with various tax authorities and regulators we hope to get some more clarity here, not just for Lunauts but also the wider public. On the point about senior management being blinded, I would contest that, but I am very happy to discuss this with you in more detail if you want to. There have been cases where people are not the right people to grow with the organisation and almost without exception this has been dealt with - although I will admit sometimes a bit slower than what some people would prefer. But it's not that there is no awareness of it, it's more just how one practically deals with it. It's also important to balance bringing new new people with upskilling existing people, and we hope that most of the time we get it right. re a specific person with a relationship with me that gets treated different, I know who you are alluding to here and I would recommend that you speak to me to get more context as I can assure you that I don't and have never let a personal relationship be put over whether someone is the best person for the job - not at Luno or anywhere else - and if you look at our track record and a broad sample size you will see this is true. In fact, it's one of the things I'd say we pride ourselves on. When there are instances where this appears to not be the case, there are often some context or nuances that everyone might not be aware of, and so the best is just to ask me for more information / discuss your concerns, there is nothing to hide here. That all said, when you scale these things do get tricky and there is a lot of noise, so we try our best to do everything at the right speed and in the right way. Thanks again for both the positive and constructive feedback, I can assure you we're working hard on all these things to make things better for everyone. Marcus
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