Pros
- It might be easy to roll your eyes when people from Upstart say how open their culture is, but it's true; it's more open than any other place I've worked at (in the last 13 years). At a company wide-level, financial success & distress, public incidents, important non-public business metrics are all openly discussed. You can ask questions about them and anything else (yes, nothing is Off-Limit!) directly to the founders, CEO, CTO directly at the weekly Q&A.
- One great thing about Upstart, in contrast to other comparable lending companies, is how we have a pretty singular focus "to help people achieve Financial Fitness". This sentiment echoes across the board...where we count our success "by not the number of loans originated BUT by the number of people we have helped attain financial fitness "
- Highest rating on Credit Karma and great reviews and feedback from the folks we have helped. I read back to myself, a new feedback everyday which makes my belief in our mission more stronger!!
- I own and have a the say in my engineering department which makes this a perfect place to work for me. Opportunities to grow and contribute are endless here and all you need is commitment, ownership and skill to have it....no BS or work-politics here!
- Finally, my yet another favorite: if you aspire to work on the latest and the greatest bleeding edge technology then this is where you got to be! I have been working on the newest cloud based technology stuff (IaaS, PaaS)...which is a great career development
- Great tech budget, fully stocked kitchen, meal reimbursement, no cap on vacations
Cons
- Need more company outings and social gatherings
