Pros: It's been a great and supportive place to work, full of smart people all working towards the same goals.

Cons: The freedom can be overwhelming when joining, but making sure you ask plenty of questions and build connections helps a lot.

Pros: At TransferWise, you are given the opportunity to forge your own path, use your initiative, and challenge the ideas of others. Expect your ideas and decisions to be dissected, but always in a constructive way. There is a huge opportunity to learn from the best across many different fields.

Cons: The culture here of autonomy and, some might say, politics can be difficult for some people. Convincing others to buy into your ideas as they try to push their own can be a challenge. In the end, the work produced is of top quality, but sometimes you end up discussing what to do for longer than you should.

Pros: There's some good technology, and a lot of good engineers you can work with and build some things.

Cons: Typical scale-up treadmill issues are deeply rooted in low compensation. Incompetent, low-caliber managers and workplace politics are the things that make Wise NOT a place you want to work for. The business is overselling the dream of 'changing the world' (ultimately for someone else's fat pocket) and has created a cult to keep people overdelivering. Couple this with woke/identity politics and reverse discrimination in the name of 'USA style diversity' because it helps funding, and you have the perfect toxic laboratory.