Very Misleading, Operations team not treated equal - werkgeversreview Payments Associate bij Upstart

3,0
14 jan 2022
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Pluspunten

-2 week Covid sick pay -Team members are collaborative and are there to support each other -Operations managers are responsive and are willing to work with employees on any issues/problems that may arise

Minpunten

Hiring and Ops Team: -Job descriptions and interview process is misleading. Payments associates are working in glorified call center conditions. If I knew this during the interview process I would not have accepted the position. -Operations team is not treated equal to other departments -Operations team is required to work most holidays without alternate days off. -HR team is disorganized and often dismissive/slow to respond to urgent concerns Benefits/Pay and Culture: -payments associates not paid a living wage -will get trained on additional skilling and responsibilities without pay increase -PTO accrual rate is below the national average, you will only have 2-3 out of the allotted 10 days of PTO accrued after working 6 mos. -There is often a forced woke culture at Upstart. In company wide meetings and messages it will be stated "that we do everything we can to support our Upstarters" when often the basic needs of employees are not met. Can often be ableist and at times racist. Internal movement very difficult: -If you want to apply to an internal position, you will only be considered if you have already been working at your current role for 6-8+ mos. -This applies even if the you are more qualified for the new position

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5,0
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Pluspunten

Promising product, competitive pay, lots of work

Minpunten

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2,0
10 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

- Compensation. Only reason I don't give them 1 star. - Remote Work - Pretty diverse

Minpunten

- incredible amount of politics, process, and red tape for an engineering org on the smaller side - Chaos. There were three re-orgs between Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. Actual madness. - High turnover is embraced. They will gladly let go of long time high performers with years of tribal knowledge and hire someone new with more experience. You eventually up with a team where everyone has hardly any domain knowledge. - Fear driven environment. You will hear performance mentioned every week in company comms and how they want everyone to be X% more productive with AI. - Speaking of AI usage, they take it to the next level. Slack messages, Jira tickets, code, design documents. All made with AI. It will be the most overly verbose word slop you can think of and you'll get a pat on the back for being so thorough. My manager seriously told me how she just copied a technical design doc into chatgpt and read that. Wild. - Cutthroat. With the new focus on productivity gains and measuring performance with PR volume, LOC, and token usage, people hardly review PRs anymore because it gets them nothing. Be prepared to spend lots of time begging your team and other teams for reviews and then waiting. Unless you are good at playing politics and have the time / energy for it, I would avoid this place at all costs. If you are just looking for something short term that pays well and encourages you to use AI for any and everything, this place works well, just don't expect to stick around for long as you're considered a veteran at 2 years with all the turnover they have. I'm glad I left for something else when I did because I see on linkedin they've had more layoffs since.

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