Lots of churn and tech debt, unnecessary layers of management - Software Engineer Ripple Employee Review

2.0
Jun 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

My peers were great people and I got along with them well. During the time I worked there, the pay was good and the office facilities were nice.

Cons

When I worked there, the organization structure led to bureaucratic inertia because an engineering team would have a cascading chain of middle-management until reaching the exec level (with each of the middle-managers managing a few people until the last layer). Product & sales had a louder voice in the company than engineering, which created opportunities for engineers to feel unappreciated and having to constantly stomach tech debt to meet swift deadlines. There was also a lot of churn – it was not unnatural for an engineering team to have its manager changed within a year. Let's hope things changed since I left.

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5.0
Dec 19, 2024
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Pros

intelligent, low ego engineers & product team

Cons

Company feels really slow for its size - too much beauracracy and process

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1.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits keep people around, many of the folks below the useless L2 middle management layer (though neutered) are very smart and driven, often more qualified than their executive counterparts.

Cons

Nepotism is causing Ripple to fumble the biggest bag in history. The “friends of Brad” or “FOBs” as they’re referred to by the general employee population, need to go, and be replaced with competent subject matter experts in their respective fields. Everybody has the power to say no, nobody has the power to say yes. You will likely have more experience in your field than your executive business leader.

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