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
Jan 30, 2026

Great Company & Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for They very challenging problems to solve very unique compared to other fintech. Remote First Good Culture & pay Very good employee benfits

Cons

WLB will suck Somethimes thing get chaos focused on delivering makes to burn more time. Most times need to work long hours with heavy Oncall duties

5.0
Jan 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Super interesting problems to work on. Colleagues are really smart, but kind and collaborative.

Cons

Pay could be higher. Smaller firms end up offering a lot more to poach great employees.

3.0
Dec 22, 2025

Pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

20/hr not on the phones

Cons

Uncertainty of weather you will have a job

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