Not worth the pay - Tech Support WP Engine Employee Review

2.0
Jun 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Its a paycheck . .

Cons

Unable to take PTO in a timely fashion - be prepared to need at least 4 months lead time and thats if your lucky Insuffficient Staffing Insufficient 'slots' per day for PTO considering the number of people working Claims to care about mental health - doesn't cover therapists on health plan Pay is LOW for the expected work - a t1 is doing what an intermediate person would be doing

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WP Engine Response
2y
Hello and thank you for taking the time out of your day to leave feedback on your experience at WP Engine. We're very concerned to hear your experience has been less than satisfactory, especially in regards to work/life balance and compensation. We do try our best to make as many spots available for PTO as possible while also maintaining appropriate levels of staffing. We have adjusted our hiring over the previous months to ensure our shifts are appropriately staffed while still allowing employees time off. In regards to therapy, it is covered under our health insurance offering. The co-cost is dependent on plan but as long as you see an in-network therapist there is coverage available. We also encourage all employees to take a look at our robust Employee Assistance Program, which provides a wealth of resources and support. If you'd like to learn more about our EAP please feel free to reach out to your EE Business Partner or someone on our Total Rewards Team. WP Engine's compensation philosophy is to pay competitive to market based on cost of talent vs cost of living. We utilize salary surveys to review our salary ranges on an annual basis and then conduct an annual salary planning review for merit-based increases. If you're comfortable doing so, we'd encourage you to reach out to your EE Business Partner or anybody on our Employee Experience Team, as we would like to learn more and do our best to address these concerns. We appreciate you taking the time to share and hope that we can discuss this further as this is not the experience we want anybody at WP Engine to have.

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5.0
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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
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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
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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
1w
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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