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Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Gusto for 2 years
February 8, 2023
San Francisco, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good pay, good benefits, usually good work-life balance, and a generally helpful engineering culture.

Cons

Very metrics-focused in evaluations, claims not to be. You'll never meet or interact with most of the people evaluating you. They rarely promote people. If they promote you, that means you've been doing the promoted job already for at least a year without matching pay.

Location (in San Francisco) isn't very good. Teams don't always have clear purposes or missions, and they change often.

Every team everywhere is at full bandwidth all the time, usually with months of roadmap. If you need code written in some other team's area, the best you'll get is them advising you while you write it.

Engineering support members (design, research, product, etc.) occasionally change at random with no notice or reason. Biggest con is that they've been fighting various fires non-stop for months. I wouldn't be shocked if they're out of business in a year or two.

Advice to Management

Get your employees in the room when people are evaluating them, at least sometimes. It doesn't feel good hearing second-hand from your manager about your performance.

Also, consolidate some of these teams and resources. It's not always clear why a team is needed in whatever area. It sometimes feels like the teams are needed because you have so many managers who need things to manage.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
2.0

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