Gusto reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,121 total reviews)

Joshua Reeves

49% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Gusto has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,121 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gusto employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 15, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

There once were many, now the only one is remote work.

Cons

Nonsensical metrics and cryptic work expectations. Constantly changing approaches with no rhyme or reason. Changes result in nothing but "moving the goalpost" and management dances around awkwardly again until the dust settles but nothing changes or improves. Benefits slowly stripped away for non exempt employees. Cult like atmosphere made worse by weirdo toadies who openly worship management. Executives came from Tesla and Netflix so they only know how to grind, underpay staff, and recommend layoffs for profit. Middle management that isn't spending all day kissing rings is stretched beyond capacity and revenue targets are unatributable and based on nothing. Upper management also have started recording screens and raiding Slack logs. Beyond all of this, the outsourcing of the care department to Central America for slave wages has caused the system to fall in on itself and sales has become just another cog in the gears of escalating angry customers with the inbound and outbound teams. Wages cut, benefits cut, workers surveiled and hounded for taking breaks to deal with basic needs. All of this to prove profitable to prepare to be sold to some slash and burn equity firm or gobbled up and dismantled by some giant soulless tech company. Avoid this place if possible.

3.0
Jun 15, 2023

Growth outlook is doubtful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great mission Good comp A lot of room for overturned lindependence

Cons

Leadership was too inexperienced - seems like they're working on this now by bringing in seasoned execs - but there's no guarantee that will solve it. Company priorities change every 3 months. Cross-company communication is near non-existent.

5.0
Jun 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Gusto takes care of its employees and promotes camaraderie amongst its teams and department.

Cons

Since they are still growing and have yet to go public, they are making changes to leadership and processes fairly often.

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