Wealthsimple

Wealthsimple actually lives its values described in our Culture Manual. My favourite value that I see demonstrated every day at work is Take Care of Each Other — people genuinely care for one another and look out for their teammates and colleagues. I've made great friends while working at Wealthsimple and am very well supported in my career (from having great mentors, support getting promotions, and support with team changes).

I have been a long time Wealthsimple and I love working on a team supporting a product that I actually love and use (Wealthsimple Invest particularly). A great perk of working here is that we have direct access to the Portfolio Managers that make our product so great. We have an #askapm Slack channel where employees can get financial advice from and connect directly with the PM team.

I personally have found Wealthsimple values my perspective and is putting in genuine effort to improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion throughout the company. I have found in my career at Wealthsimple that there are plenty of opportunities for growth and to find projects/teams/initiatives that help me develop the skills that I want to work on.

People work very hard here and it can feel like there is pressure from leadership to get things done (well and quickly). Unless you are diligent with setting your own personal boundaries, it is very easy to fall into the trap of over-committing yourself and burning out. Sometimes you have to play company politics to get your ideas heard, get that promotion, or get something done.

Base salary cannot compete with US-based companies located in Toronto. Representation/diversity at senior levels (staff/principal engineers and management) is not great. High growth means growing pains. We've onboarding a lot of new team members and clients to our platform.