Does Altruist (CA) pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Altruist (CA) employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Altruist (CA). This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Altruist (CA)?

63% of Altruist (CA) employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Altruist (CA) 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Altruist (CA)?

Software Engineer (7) , Senior Software Engineer (6) , Product Manager (3) , Analyst (2) , Anonymous (2) , Operations (2) , Senior Software Engineer I (2) , Staff Software Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Altruist (CA) according to real employee reviews?

"Competitive pay" ((in 6 reviews)); "Salary and benefits are competitive." ((in 6 reviews)); "Great coworkers." ((in 5 reviews)); "The beautiful office space is also a nice place to work." ((in 4 reviews)); "Very diverse team as well." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Altruist (CA) according to real employee reviews?

"Awful leadership." ((in 7 reviews)); "The company has gone through two layoffs within a year, and the underlying issues haven’t changed." ((in 4 reviews)); "This tells me that either the business model is bad or the CEO has no idea what he is doing or both." ((in 4 reviews)); "not the best communication, fast turn overs, sometimes left in the dark." ((in 4 reviews)); "I took a pay cut because I was promised a bonus but they never paid out even once because the target was out of reach by a factor of 100." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Altruist (CA) layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Altruist (CA) layoffs and their outlook for job security at Altruist (CA) in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Altruist (CA) locations?

Culver City , Los Angeles , Dallas , San Francisco , Venice , Austin , Seattle

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Altruist (CA) reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(85 total reviews)

Jason Wenk

64% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

Altruist (CA) has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 85 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Altruist (CA) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

85 reviews

5.0

Apr 13, 2025

Great mission with talented and caring people

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of high performing employees willing to help each other - New leaders are raising the bar - Opportunity to impact a great mission

Cons

Not a major con, but must be comfortable with the ups and downs and changes involved in a high growth start up

5.0

Mar 21, 2025

Talented engineers will thrive

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High bar for talent, delivery, communication and ownership. High growth Autonomy for delivering products Relaxed environment and communicative leadership

Cons

Not much room for Jr engineers to level up at a gradual pace Not very many lunch options near the office (whole foods being the top place)

1.0

Mar 19, 2025

Run and don’t look back

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers (middle management and under) are great.

Cons

Not sure how they’re allowed to run like this. Was told during the offer stage that I would be eligible for a company performance bonus and never received. Company is not profitable so of course I won’t get the bonus, made me sacrifice base salary for this scam. They have also had multiple layoffs in the form of sudden forced RTO and traditional layoffs because this company is going nowhere. Just look up Jason Wenk and Altruist, all negative articles. Culture is awful and there are no performance review cycles. Bigger players in the market now vs 2023 (Robinhood, AI centric RIAs) this place won’t last much longer before getting acquired.

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