Wise reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,324 total reviews)
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Kristo Käärmann

76% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Wise has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,324 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wise 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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2K reviews
2.0
Jun 5, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- the product is cool - the company is profitable and growing - hybrid work, you can go into the office as many times as you want, from 0 to 5 days a week, you're completely free

Cons

- salaries are falling behind, and the company refuses to address this problem. Instead, management tries to sell a story along the lines of "aren't you lucky you have a job, other companies are firing people" It's only a matter of time before this is reflected on the quality of our hires and therefore product. No money = no talent - the "benefits" are overplayed -- we have average lunches once a week. Pension contributions are a meagre 5%, just above the legal minimum - employees are not appreciated/recognised. Instead of actual help (£££), we get the classic startup package of mental well-being training and so on - autonomous teams don't work, they only create technical debt - knowing people goes a long way because the company has no structure All the problems I described have been known to management for years, they just lack the will to fix them. They think things are fine as they are.

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Wise Response
3y
Hi, thank you for your review. I’m really sad to hear this was your experience at Wise. This is the opposite of how we want people to feel, in particular your concerns around recognition and compensation. If you're comfortable reaching out to talk about the issues you're facing, whether it's with me, your lead, or another trusted member of the People team to talk through things confidentially, we'd like to hear more. Feel free to slack me, Paula
1.0
Sep 5, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- TransferWise employees get to travel a lot. - Free lunch on Friday

Cons

- Full of people who are nice to your face but care about the company more than you. - Their technical stack is very old. With the goal of every piece of work that is done to make some money it’s left their products in a terrible position as there is no attempt to pay off technical debt. The load speed of some their web pages on mobile are what you’d expect to see from someone who has just started web development and has no idea what they’re doing. - Lots of the sites logic is stuck in templates - The tech leads are completely evangelical about outdated principles from books way out of date.

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Wise Response
5y
Hi, thanks for taking the time to share your current experience at TransferWise, I’m sorry to hear some of the concerns you are sharing, it sounds like you’ve been facing some real challenges. If you feel comfortable to make yourself known, I can find some time to sit down and talk about the issues you raised face to face and Harsh has said he’s also happy to connect with you and discuss your concerns. Whether it’s with me, your lead or, someone else you trust in the People team to talk things through confidentially, we'd really like to hear more and see what we can do to improve things for you. Feel free to slack me, Jihan
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