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Autonomous teams are good, but fairly ubiquitous in today's tech companies. The offices are nice, and there is the yearly summer days event. The product itself is useful, and the mission is admirable.

Questionable priorities that are not always transparent to the employees. Since COVID, there hasn't been much support for working from home; a one-time £100 reimbursement for equipment does not go very far.

Benefits vary widely between offices. New York employees receive 16 weeks of paternity leave, while for most other offices, it is only 2-3 weeks.

Management has been pushing teams to "not become complacent" at a time when a lot of employees are struggling.

Show the employees that you care! A little TLC can go a long way.

There has been no summer days event, no travel, and no office perks. A lot of people are stuck at home in a lockdown of some sort.

TransferWise has been losing its specialness; be careful that it doesn't go away completely. Teams are really feeling the effects of the pandemic, which has shown recently in bugs that have gone live.

Throwing more bodies at the problems is not going to fix things without addressing the other issues first.