Upgrade reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(435 total reviews)
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Renaud Laplanche

84% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Upgrade has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 435 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Upgrade 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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435 reviews
5.0
Dec 11, 2017

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very experienced management team, collaborative nature in decisions, busy so work day goes by fast, fun stuff always being introduced. Overall my favorite part is culture and colleagues!

Cons

Fast growth so sometimes things happen too fast, if you are not comfortable in a startup environment sometimes it can be uncomfortable.

5.0
Dec 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Free snacks and drinks available - Brand new 2 story office in the heart of the Financial District, which is easily accessible with Muni - Open floor office to encourage collaboration between teams - Opportunies to move into different position(s) within the company - Wine Fridays (happens twice a month) - Great benefits with 401k plan in the works for 2018

Cons

- Constant updates to policies and procedures (expected for a new company in FinTech) - Sometimes there are no cups in the morning for coffee.... but there is a Starbucks a half a block from the office

1.0
Dec 6, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks? 2 monitors at your desk?

Cons

As a startup company, they have a long road ahead of them. Other companies have gone full speed ahead with their technology, yet with Upgrade, they still don't have their stuff together. Everything changes on a daily basis because turnover rate has become so high. By the time you get done with training, 50% of what you learned is no longer applied once you are on the floor. Essentially it is a waste of time. Managers walk up and down the aisles making sure you're answering the calls or they get mad at you. There will be times when you're on your break and the Director will come and ask you to get back on the calls (yup, while you're on break!) Very few of the managers are professional and willing to lend a hand, but others just have absolutely no idea of the company's own policies or procedures and will question you about it. Call volume is so high, Credit Specialist 1's are not able to handle it on their own. If you prefer not to have a manager hover over you, apply to be a Credit Specialist 2, they are treated much differently and have completely different goals. Communication within the managers is null. Credit Specialist 1's are really aka Customer Service.

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