Upstart reviews

3.7

53% would recommend to a friend

(389 total reviews)
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Dave Girouard

78% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Upstart has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 389 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Upstart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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389 reviews
5.0
Sep 9, 2019

People and Mission

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Pros

Working alongside talented people who are smart but humble. I feel empowered to do my job with an support for being innovative and finding new solutions. Our mission of expanding fair credit access is inspiring. Also love the flexible schedules so I can choose the core hours where I'm most productive. Workplace extras like free catered lunches daily and snacks are also great.

Cons

Not a con for me personally- but someone considering Upstart should be comfortable with change. Because we are scaling rapidly, responsibilities may not be the same 6-12 months from now. It's exciting, but the pace may not be right for everyone.

5.0
Mar 10, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Definitely the people! Smart folks who remain humble and down to earth. Lots of challenges which means lots of opportunities to grow for the sort of person who is willing to face them head on.

Cons

It often feels like we still want to be a small startup culturally but after a few years of success we've grown to the size where this is always possible.

5.0
Feb 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1. people - everyone is intelligent yet humble at the same time. Engineering, product, and data science teams have good sense of camaraderie 2. business - growing rapidly! Path to IPO is much more apparent than in most startups as executive team puts an emphasis on growing the business economically/sensibly over wasteful endeavors 3. mission - ultimately aiming to create a fairer system with respect to who can access credit and at what price.

Cons

sometimes need to take a step back and ensure the foundations are in place to support it in say recruiting, managers, systems, etc

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