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
3.0
Dec 22, 2025

decent

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

solid growth company, strong customer base

Cons

many changes and revolving door in HR team.

1.0
Dec 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employment and sub-par health insurance (for now)

Cons

This company puts a stark divide between the exempt and non-exempt employees. To say that the non-exempt employees are treated like second class citizens is generous. With the recent take over of Guideline, we are told that the changes aren't going to be significant but the metrics have shot up while they try to ram AI down our throats. Because of the plan changes we have more angry callers than ever to add on top of the expected busy season volume. No time to break during the day with 30 minute lunch breaks now. PTO? Good luck with that especially after they reneged on the promise that they'd honor any PTO requests through the end of the year. The biggest con is knowing that they will lay off a good portion of the CX team after April. Why hire and onboard dozens of new CX on the day of the acquisition and pay at a rates at least $15 per hour less than anyone who came over from Guideline. It's insulting the rates that they pay in the NYC and Bay Areas. It's written clear as day but kept under hush so now its the hunger games of metrics to "try" to survive what's coming but in the end it won't matter if you've peer trained your replacements and they've 50-75% your salary

4.0
Dec 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall a strong culture, willing to let me people experiment, willing to bet on growing talent

Cons

No accountability for people who are willfully difficult to work with

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