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2.0
Sep 7, 2017
Marketing
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Free parking - Catered lunches - Stocked snack closet - Transparency with how the company is doing - Unlimited PTO - Flexible office hours - Free account with WP Engine

Cons

-Took individual stand-up desks away because they didn't look "aesthetically pleasing" -Many people are more into socializing than doing actual work. This makes it a difficult work environment to excel in, yet alone concentrate -Marketing team is essentially a social club, unless you know how to schmooze and suck up to upper management, don't expect to be noticed or excel in your career for hard work. You could get away with doing the bare minimum or work very hard, it'll be noticed the exact same. It's all about how you can talk yourself up, despite how well you execute -There are many cliques within the Marketing team itself -Many people say the culture is their favorite thing about the company, but really the culture is about drinking and socializing outside of work - hard to maintain a work/life balance if you're into that -Marketing is the most "un-lean" department in the company. They've already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on paid advertising this year alone, yet have minimally invested in members to actually produce the content that’s being promoted

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WP Engine Response
8y
Thanks for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that you feel this way about your time at WP Engine. We take everyone’s experience here very seriously and we are committed to making our organization a workplace of choice. Let us be the first to say that we’re not perfect but we aspire to be. We work hard to create a culture that is transparent, open and empowers employees to grow and do the right thing. From a marketing perspective we’re very proud of the results our team has achieved just within the last year: launching our first ever brand campaign, ranking first among competitors for unaided brand awareness, unveiling a new publication, Velocitize, for digital marketers; doubling sales opportunities and doubling our share of voice. We’ve also invested in and hired for our content and marketing teams, and we’re just getting started. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts and highlighting opportunities for improvement. We’ll use this feedback to keep improving.

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5.0
Jan 20, 2026
Technical support specialist
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of support from management. I always felt like I was heard. Plenty of support from my teammates. The CEO is an amazing person.

Cons

Customers only reach out because there are issues with their sites; causing them to be upset most of the time. Tough job if you are not used to remote work.

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WP Engine Response
6mo
We appreciate you taking the time to share such a thoughtful review. While we're glad you had an overall positive experience in regards to feeling supported by your manager, teammates, and feel Heather, our CEO is an amazing person. We agree! We are sorry to hear you didn't feel like there were opportunities for promotions. We know you no longer work here at WP Engine, but if you have any other thoughts you'd like to share so that we can learn more about what could've gone better, you're welcome to reach out to anybody on our Employee Experience Team to do so. Thank you again and we wish you the best in future endeavors.
3.0
Jul 2, 2026
Product and engineering
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

• Good people • Good work/life balance and flexibility - remote first with local hubs for those living nearby • Interesting work and ownership of solutions • Core values are good ideals

Cons

• Yearly "re-orgs" include layoffs, so while you think your job is secure, it could be unexpectedly eliminated overnight - managers included • Overly focused on profit over employees or customer experience (e.g. benefit programs being cut and diminishing investment into human support, which used to be the lifeblood of the company) - possible consequence of private equity / Silver Lake • No one goes into the office, so even if you're near a hub, there's not a lot of actual face time working next to people and it's difficult to get to know people outside of your team and directly-associated teams • They're not interested in keeping or training up early-career software engineers, which seems very short-sighted and goes against "built for growth" • With the laser focus on the next shiny thing, tech debt and cruft accumulate faster than can be addressed, and the context behind older systems fades over time making them progressively harder to maintain or migrate off

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WP Engine Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share such thoughtful and detailed feedback. We're glad to hear that you value the people, flexibility, work-life balance, interesting work, and opportunity for ownership. We also appreciate your recognition of our core values and the ideals they represent. We're sorry that your experience has left you feeling that employees are less valued and that the sense of shared purpose and community has diminished. Organizational change, shifting priorities, and changes to programs and investments can understandably affect trust, connection, and sense of stability. We view development and growth opportunities as central to all roles and levels, and encourage employees to have an open dialogue with their Manager about career goals on a regular basis. Thank you again for sharing your perspective. We value feedback that helps us understand both what is working and where the employee experience needs greater attention. If you are comfortable doing so, please contact your Employee Experience Business Partner or anyone on the EE team to help us learn more.
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