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8 reviews
5.0
Aug 21, 2025
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Pros

There's a lot of freedom for both what to work on and how. Engineers are allowed (required) to organize their work how they see fit, with the guiding principle being to ship as fast as possible. The same goes for prioritization, if a project has a clear line to improving the customers' experience with the product, it gets done. There are no quarterly goals or roadmaps that get in the way of delivering real value.

Cons

The absence of quarterly/annual product goals can make it feel like priorities change on the whims of leadership, especially for engineers who prefer to execute on a crisply-defined long term vision.

5.0
Oct 17, 2022

Fun, Fast Growing Company

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WorkOS is an exciting place to work. The company is grown quite a bit the past year, and seems to have a bright future ahead of it. Everyone on the team has a "get things done" attitude. All of the managers lean towards "high trust" and providing autonomy to reports. If you want to focus on building things in an environment that prioritizes quality, this is the place for you.

Cons

Like any startup at this stage, there are some growing pains. With so many new folks joining, management still needs to find the right processes to make scaling the organization smooth.

5.0
Jul 23, 2025

High agency and high impact environment

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Pros

High agency and high autonomy work environment. Everyone here is quite senior in their careers and as such is owning large scope of projects. Can really feel the exact impact your role is having at the company. Some really exciting new customers over the last year have driven a ton of growth and so always new features to work on.

Cons

Things move fast, very fast, so there is a lot of context switching to keep things moving. We say speed beats strategy but there is an opportunity to focus in on a fewer priorities at a time .

5.0
Mar 17, 2025

Talented team and exciting space

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Talented team who is enjoyable to work with. Engineering team is relatively mature for its size. WorkOS is in an exciting and competitive space, so plenty of interesting problems to solve. High ownership and autonomy across the company. Engineers are expected to be very product-oriented and have a deep understanding of users’ needs. Solid product-market fit means roadmap is relatively focused, but there are some exceptions.

Cons

Growing pains related to cross-team communication and clarity on product ownership as the company scales. Fortunately this is something that’s being worked through.

5.0
Aug 29, 2025
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Pros

- Lots of autonomy and ownership, so you really see the impact of your work - Design is expected to lead and shape products while also contributing to the design system - Team is extremely talented, but also humble and collaborative, which is rare to see - Remote-first, with a couple of on-sites each year. Good work/life balance

Cons

- Deep product space with a lot to learn, rewarding if you like thinking through more complex problems - Roadmap shifts quickly with customer needs, makes it fast paced and priorities that often change - Lots of variety and context switching, not for someone that’s looking for a narrowly defined role

5.0
Oct 10, 2024

Good place to be

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Pros

Great remote environment, high degree of autonomy, lots of room to deliver impactful work under strong leadership.

Cons

No path for individual growth/promotion, earlier stage company without meaningful review cycles or levels.

5.0
Jun 15, 2023
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Pros

+ Strong early team, lots of Stripe, Dropbox, etc alums + Fully remote with bi-annual in-person meet ups + Product & Eng-led culture + Strong business traction but still very early on (great time to join!) + Great culture for folks who like autonomy + Well-funded w solid business offers a lot of stability for a company of our stage (~50 employees)

Cons

- Typical growing pains of a small company scaling rapidly (very little process, etc) - Fast-paced culture (take that as a pro or con)

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