Upstart reviews

3.6

50% would recommend to a friend

(110 total reviews)
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Dave Girouard

73% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 28, 2022

Headed towards bankrupty

Recommend
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Pros

You get to working remote and work on your own schedule Good work life balance

Cons

- Revenues are declining and cash reserves are depleting. Chances of layoffs are very high - Very high chances of layoffs with cash depleting quickly - No path to profitability with high interest rates - Good WLB ending with more pressure due to perform harder (with no extra pay) - CTO is a Yale dropout with no previous technical leadership experience - RSUs are down 97% stock dropped from $300 to $12

2.0
Nov 28, 2022

Some good but mostly bad

Recommend
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Pros

Compensation was good (before the stock tanked) Some very smart coworkers Remote first philosophy

Cons

Inexperienced mid level managers Some long tenured employees can be cliquish Some poor attitudes towards non-bay area engineers Business model doesn’t seem to be panning out in current macro environment

4.0
Nov 1, 2022

My Favorite Job

Recommend
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Pros

-Great Healthcare benefits -Pay is above average -Quarterly Bonuses -OT during busy seasons -Work Life Balance -Remote Work

Cons

-Was laid off -Team Leads and up are worked really hard -PTO seems to be lower than average

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