I've never had more fun or been more challenged at a job - Anonymous employee Honey Employee Review

5.0
Apr 17, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the time, work is so fun that it doesn't even feel like work - as long as you love what you do, you'll be in a good place. The people are awesome (at least, most of them) - smart, passionate, and fun colleagues make the work environment super enjoyable yet challenging. And the perks are amazing - daily catered lunches, matched 401K, cool swag, fun team outings, benefits, list goes on. It's clear that the company truly cares about the happiness and well-being of every single employee, which is motivating and refreshing to see. I genuinely believe in the company mission and can't wait to see where the journey goes - it's not everyday you get to build and promote products that will yield positive effects for millions around the world. Overall, I couldn't ask for a better place to build my career and spend my time. Lastly, the co-founders are awesome and I wouldn't want to work for anyone else.

Cons

As with any high-growth startup, there are growing pains with rapid expansion and getting the hiring right has been one of the challenges. Working alongside colleagues that aren't pulling their weight or slowing the team down can be difficult.. but at this rate of growth, we're not going to get it right every time. Let's just be better about the hiring process in the first place.

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5.0
Sep 25, 2025
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Pros

Before the acquisition by PayPal, Honey was the best employer I ever had. Good benefits, good perks, diverse and supportive working environment, interesting and challenging work, amazing coworkers.

Cons

Acquisition by PayPal was basically the end of the party, they systematically erased any remnants of the company culture and the entire mission became focused on nothing but the quarterly returns for investers. PayPal had no idea what to do with Honey's technology or incredibly valuable brand and it just withered.

4.0
Sep 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

PREVIOUSLY... - Smart people, great culture, true friendships and learning opportunities. - Really cool product. - Many women in tech. - Good work life balance. Acquisition by PayPal dramatically slowed things down and changed the culture though

Cons

After acquisition by PayPal, priorities changed and resulted in disagreements by old leadership/teammates. Some good engineering leaders were replaced with uncaring and nontechnical ones. Most of the best engineers left. It's boring/slow, but not a terrible place to work at.

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