Changes After Changes (& Not the Good Kind) - Anonymous employee MeridianLink Employee Review

2.0
Feb 5, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They provide free company lunches once a month. 401k matching. The extra star is for this + the way the company used to be.

Cons

Lots of people joined meridianlink several years ago to feel like their work was purposeful and like they weren’t just a number. Now with the acquisition and the subsequent changes, everyone is subjected to being robots churning away on the wheels of a not-so well oiled machine. It’s organized chaos (emphasis on the chaos), and it’s a very top heavy environment with all the new executive hires. There have been layoffs every few months for the past year and a half or so. Those who have been at ML for more than 2-3 years miss the workplace they used to have, and those who are newer seem to look for jobs elsewhere pretty quickly. I’d advise anyone looking to join ML to reach out to a non-HR employee on LinkedIn and collect their thoughts on the company. You might get a bit of a mixed bag of responses, but if the employees contacted are honest I can say with almost certainty they won’t be positive.

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Pros

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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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