Pros: Amazing team, awesome culture, super passionate about making the best payroll software possible.

Cons: The only downside is that they are located in San Francisco, where the cost of living is pretty ridiculous. But that's not unique to ZenPayroll.

Pros: - High opportunity for impact - Smart, talented, hard-working people (at least in Engineering, Product, and Design) - Growing company with promising business prospects - Big focus on culture in both hiring and the way the company is run

Cons: - Some churn and difficulty in teams outside of Engineering/Product, like Sales. - Classic startup work/life balance challenges. Because of the opportunity for impact and leadership, the team is full of people who are perfectly okay with 60+ hour work weeks. This can make you feel obligated to work a lot as well. - Work on the engineering team is pretty simple. There will probably be more interesting work to do in the future as the product and user-base matures, but most of the work being done right now is fairly simple. This is, of course, true at a lot of Silicon Valley companies and is not unique to Gusto. Nonetheless, for someone interested in technical growth (as opposed to managerial growth), it can seem limiting.

Pros: - Pretty offices - Good food - Might be right for you if you're the right sort of person

Cons: - Pretends to be a good company for underrepresented minorities, but isn't really that different from other companies. When you air concerns, the response is "but Gusto is perfect!" - Ever elusive "culture." They sell this sort of amazing, friendly, family-like culture to get you in to the company, but the reality of the "culture" is that people are just super gossipy and there is a lot of workplace drama. (And no, they don't actually really care about you, duh.) - It really depends on whether you fit in the basic, bland, outgoing, always happy, a little narcissistic Gusto personality. If you do, yes, you'll find a family here. If you don't, they will see you as a "problem" and try to "Gustofy" you (our performance reviews are called "Gustofied" for a reason). It's actually kind of terrifying. - Code is a mess; it's really difficult to get anything done because of all the hoops you have to jump through. - If you air a concern, they try to fix YOU for daring to think there is a problem, because leadership cannot possibly be wrong.