Previously good company now Ruined - Anonymous employee MeridianLink Employee Review

2.0
May 13, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

HQ is in a good location. Benefits are decent.

Cons

Has changed to a highly political culture. Owned by private equity now. Changed from flat management to top heavy with many more directors and C level. Open door process offers a place to speak your mind only - no changes come about. Work/life balance is no better than anywhere else now. What once was a nice company owned by a small group of individuals who were trying to build a great company, is now owned by private equity and similar to many other firms that aren't anything special. If you're job searching, I suggest you read the reviews dated 2018 and later. These are more representative of the current culture/company. In the summer of 2018, MeridianLink had its first ever layoff. Most of the people who were cut from HQ were folks that championed the positive corporate culture like improved onboarding processes, career development programs and classes, wellness and charitable programs/events, and others. There is still a minor focus on some of this, but on a much smaller scale and no one mainly dedicated to these types of programs (which are an expense to the company). For many companies, the keeper of the culture is HR. HR seems to have changed from positive, collaborative and supportive to highly political and dictatorial with poor communication. Emails go unanswered, and official emails/processes are rolled out with errors. I've seen myself and my colleagues treated disrespectfully at times. They still do some fun things to try to appear like the company they once were, but they're much changed.

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Pros

High-paced organization on path to growth. Remote work is awesome but also plenty of opportunities to see co-workers in person. New leadership with eye to service and innovation. Company has been around for over 20 years but still operates like a start up so plenty of chances to have influence.

Cons

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2.0
Jan 17, 2026
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Pros

-Remote-first, WFH stipend, decent PTO, Great Place to Work Certified. -Not too woke for a CA company. -Recently went private which hopefully will be a good thing. -Good work-life balance, I never work more than 40/week. -If you like AI-assisted development, Github Copilot (for everyone) and Claude Code (for seniors) are provided. -They haven't had layoffs since 2024.

Cons

-Revolving door of upper leadership. Brand new CTO; who knows what he'll do? -Many dev teams are majority cheap offshore contractors. Minimal feeling of being on a team; I don't know most of my coworkers. No teambuilding activities. -Reliance on poor metrics like code coverage and velocity. Managing by metrics and dashboards. -Minimal salary raises. -CEO sends out motivational "rah rah" emails every Friday. -Disconnect between what developers are experiencing and what upper management thinks is going on. -Company is going "all in" on AI, and have unrealistic expectations of what AI can accomplish. Like they think they can get A-level work out of C-level developers through AI usage. AI fatigue is real. -Not all managers are emotionally intelligent or even technically adept.

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