Gusto reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(1,117 total reviews)

Joshua Reeves

50% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Gusto has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,117 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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1K reviews
2.0
Nov 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company Swag - the company sends random gifts with stickers, water bottles, etc. Benefits- medical benefits, unlimited PTO Opportunity to work from home

Cons

Micromanagement- Work force management can get frustrating. If you are not on queue for whatever reason they will tag you in the group chat where everyone can see. you have to literally announce what you are doing each time you are not in queue. There could be better ways of handling this. Terrible work life balance- It is impossible to meet your metrics without working overtime. During your shift you will be on phones pretty much all day leaving no time to breathe or work on email cases which start to accumulate in your personal queue. The only way to work on them is by doing overtime. Call center environment- This is really just a glorified call center. The company does have cool benefits but its really not worth it for the amount of stress and work you do. Low Pay- for the amount of work that each rep does the pay is very low compared to similar roles at other companies. Many of the tenured people are leaving Gusto and this tells you something. It is very draining to have to answer back to back calls dealing with angry customers all day. It's taking a mental toll on the employees.

2.0
Jul 1, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great talent, some of the most amazing people you could ever hope to meet work for this organization

Cons

Steadily declining mental health for customer experience advocates as the company places profit over empowering a better life for us. You will be lied to about your position from the beginning, it is a call center job but they do not tell you so. All perks have been taken away.

2.0
Feb 4, 2016

Looks great from the outside - be mindful.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

'Hot Start-up' - great for young folks hoping to enter on the ground floor of something that might change the way things have been done for the last 50+ years. Great mission and overall game plan.

Cons

Young, entry level managers - no accountability until things get out of control. No direction within the company. Very unclear with regards to internal growth opportunities. Don't join this company if you have a clear career path in mind - they are not focusing on their employees. They are focusing on an image to throw towards the start-up community in order to bring on investors.

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Gusto Response
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Thank you so much for reaching out to us. Career development is a huge priority for us in 2016, after a year of rapid growth in 2015. We are absolutely committed to staying true to our values, and appreciate your candor on your experience with your particular PE, and encourage Gusties to talk to the People team and/or their leadership to make sure that this is being addressed. To date, we’ve been relying on employee transparency through engagement surveys and direct conversations to ensure that we are on-track. As a company that’s been rapidly growing, we are committed to developing a thoughtful employee experience, and are sorry that your experience was not reflective of this.
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