Wise reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,325 total reviews)
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Kristo Käärmann

76% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Wise has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,325 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wise 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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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 16, 2024

One of the most toxic places to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some really awesome people (not many of them left though) And some of the benefits, really just some as they have certain health care benefits categorically excluded!

Cons

Toxic work environment, psychological mind games being played by upper management. Oppression and making people feel miserable because there’s always something to complain about what the agents are not doing properly. Unorganized and unstructured management but instead regular agents are being micromanaged where even quick breaks to get some coffee or to go to the bathroom need to be recorded as these times would work against your total handling time - an absolute perversion! They’re shifting everything over to the newer Austin office not providing any kind of career development for the people in the Tampa office unless they are willing to move to the Austin office which the employees have to pay for by themselves as Wise does not provide any assistance for relocation. Compensation is mediocre and the great culture they refer to is only existent on paper - not in real life. Diversity is partially good but could be better if compared with what other local companies and global players provide. Work life balance can work out if you’re not mentally so exhausted from the stress artificially created to keep you in place and make you feel bad. I don’t believe that the CEO is aware of everything that goes on but whoever is working for him should be able to read all the signs and comments and messages employees leave in certain Slck channels or even here and should make him aware of it. I believe there’s a positive business outlook not because of the great management but more because of the need of the service. My recommendation is: read about what customers put out there on the internet about their experience with Wise (you won’t be able to see any comments on Facebook or LinkedIn though because they have deactivated the comment function as too many would complain how badly they have been treated and many more would chime in - that’s not what they want even though they claim they love feedback). After reading all these comments from existing and former customers ask yourself: why should they treat their employees any better I when they’re treating paying customers unfair an poorly?

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Wise Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We’re disappointed to hear that you haven’t had a good experience at Wise regarding the working culture and environment. We're currently building out our people experience team to look at ways we can improve the experience for Wisers, so I hope this will start to address some of these concerns. If you’d be willing to share more about it to help us improve things for Wisers in the future, please drop a note to employerbrand@wise.com and we can arrange a chat. Nicola
1.0
Mar 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits of Insurance and such

Cons

TL doesn't listen to feedback as we're a new team. The people's team will take the lead's side without listening at all. TL's solution for everything is to refer to WIKI when there are no solutions on the WIKI. My teammates are mostly giving up on providing feedback, 1 they're afraid of losing their jobs 2. They don't want to talk to a rock. The whole team are stressed. My TL shoes 0 compassion, sympathy or a little care for the employees' mental health. If you're going to join the Social Media team and work under the TL I suggest you run before it's too late. They say they welcome your feedback, but can't actually accept your honest opinions. The TL is new, and all the excuses are that she's new. The ATX team is a MESS. We are trained one way, and QA gives feedback another way meaning we were given the wrong information during training, but it's our responsibility at the end of the day. Reported discrepancy to the TL, but no solutions. The job itself is fun to me, challenging, but fun. CSTs don't stress me out, it's how we are graded by QA and a TL who doesn't listen to feedbacks nor does she have any compassion or understanding for depression. I expressed that the QA system and her not listening to our feedback, remember our feedback, not just my feedback. My colleagues talked illy about the TL constantly in this Groupd ME app behind her back, but when I stood up for the team and kept giving feedback. My teammates don't back me up, instead, they said the TL is new. I hate this too-faced culture. Overall, it was such a toxic environment with very low pay, contradicting guidelines, or a lack of guidelines. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. They'll lure your in with the on boarding package, once you get onboarded, everything is changed.

2.0
Jul 12, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks, free food once a week, free drinks, free travel to Estonia ( before covid19)

Cons

the Company has decided to get the corporate path, has been implemented an extreme micro & Macromanagament, the Company stopped reviewing salary , over hired now they need to "let go " people, fewer promotions are being offered in Tampa office.

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Wise Response
5y
Hi, thank you for sharing your honest feedback with us and I’m really sad to hear this is how you’re currently feeling. It’s our job in the People team to make sure everyone’s happy and to hear honest feedback and see if we can take actions so we can get better. If you feel comfortable to make yourself known, I can connect you with a member of the team to chat about the issues you raise face-to-face. We’d really like to hear more and see what we can do to improve things for you. Best wishes, Jihan
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