Kiva reviews

4.2

95% would recommend to a friend

(110 total reviews)
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Vishal Ghotge

100% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Kiva has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kiva employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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110 reviews
1.0
Mar 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- the Kiva community is one of the best that you'll ever work with - you can see the real impact of the work that you're doing and be proud of it

Cons

- lack of career growth and internal mobility opportunities. management will not take a chance on you and invest in your career, unless you're a white man or white woman. Multiple white employees, men especially, were given the chance to flex in their role or move to an adjacent/new role but women of color were not. - the pay is not competitive - the benefits are lacking (Kiva used to have half-day Fridays off which was one of the few redeeming qualities but I heard from current employees that that is being taken away very soon if not already) - work life balance, depending on the team that you're in, can be rough - Kiva claims to be committed to DEI values and actions but it's mainly just lip-service

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Kiva Response
2y
Hello. We appreciate your feedback and would like to acknowledge some of your comments about Kiva. We recognize that Kiva has fallen short in terms of career growth and internal mobility opportunities in the past. However, we're taking strides in that area by implementing several initiatives to rectify that gap. Half-Day Fridays still exist as intended. We're sorry your time and experience at Kiva were less than stellar.
4.0
Mar 28, 2023

good place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice people, driven, kind and intelligent

Cons

not career progression, kiva does not have internal promotions policies

4.0
Jan 10, 2023

Very intense and personal workplace

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Truly doing good for the world at your job - Working alongside extremely talented people - Exploring the crossroads of tech/nonprofit/finance

Cons

- Disorganized structures at times - A bit too personal in the workplace

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Kiva Response
3y
Thanks so much for your review of Kiva. We really appreciate your feedback and would like to acknowledge your comments about disorganization and getting too personal at times. We strive to really make a Kiva a place that everyone can work together and collaborate and sometimes people can get too personal, so apologize for that experience. Yes, sometimes we are a bit disorganized sometimes and it is important to tighten up our processes. I will make note of this and bring this up to leadership.
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