Gusto reviews

- Inauthentic - doesn't practice what it preaches; motto of "putting people first" is really about putting customers first to drive revenue without creating the same level of "putting people first" for its own employees - Slow growth = fewer career opportunities, however this is the reality of any startup; most teams also moving to Denver - Culture, happiness level differs across groups - product/engineering in general is happier while sales/marketing, less so

I worked here for basically a year. And it's like all the other reviews that are real state. This place is one big lie to be honest. They've started that whole thing where when you are hired, they are like HEY write a review on glassdoor about us right now, it's apart of your training. Which in itself, is deceptive. They claim that they are one big happy family, In reality there is an "in" crowd, and if you're not in it, you have to walk on egg shells and you never really know if your job is secure. They claim that they are in it for the long haul and that you should take vacation when you need it, and have a good work life balance. In reality, they over worked everyone, trying to hit quarter targets, and didn't pay anyone overtime or give anyone a bonus. They had to switch a bunch of people over to hourly to avoid work regulation law suits. They worked everyone to the bone, to where we couldn't have lives outside of the office, and then when this was brought up to hire ups, we were scolded. They say they look at people as people, and that you are not a resource like at other companies. Well at least at other companies they don't just blatantly lie about it. They worked everyone to the bone, and eventually laid off over half the Growth team, which included Sales and Marketing. They set up bogus PIPs that were lose lose situations, where the quotas were unattainable, and the work done to achieve crazy numbers was devalued. Then they made it seem like it was your fault when they let you go, even though later higher ups admitted they had screwed up in hiring, Which still doesn't make sense, because if they had as much as they said they did, and they cared about people, People could have still technically kept their jobs, as they were fulfilling about 140% of their role and definitely working more than what they were being compensated for. Would stay away from this place.