Rocket Ship Scale up, nothing like it - Director Deel Employee Review

5.0
26 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company operates at an incredibly fast pace, fostering an environment of constant growth and learning. Unlike larger tech corporations, Deel provides a level of autonomy that allows employees to truly make an impact on the business. The flat organizational structure ensures accessibility to leadership, with the CEO actively assisting every team member and sharing his infectious passion for the company's mission. Additionally, the ambitious trajectory towards an IPO presents unparalleled opportunities for career development and meaningful contributions to a company on the brink of record breaking growth.

Cons

While this can be highly rewarding, it also means that employees must be prepared to put in the necessary effort to support the company's rapid growth. Additionally, as a young company, Deel may lack the comprehensive onboarding and support systems typically found in larger corporations, requiring employees to be self-starters and take ownership of their professional development. While the company offers numerous career benefits, the standard benefits package may not yet be comparable to those offered by larger companies. However, it's important to recognise that this is part of the journey.

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Deel Response
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Thank you for your thoughtful review and for being a leader at Deel. We really appreciate the callouts on fostering an environment of constant growth and learning, as well as autonomy that allows employees to truly make an impact on the business!

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5.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Supportive management, clear expectations, good money, work from home culture is dialed in

Cons

Deel Speed is real. Not for everyone, but as I said, expectations are reasonable and compensation is appropriate so I don't see it as a con per se.

2.0
25 May 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fully remote - Mostly nice and talented people, you can learn a bunch and the atmosphere is good in the beginning - Once you realize you're not ever getting a raise you can get by doing bare minimum - You can write the ceo on slack and he will respond, which is actually insane considering its such a huge company

Cons

- Everyone is underpaid, even the senior directors. They present employee equity as extra compensation, but make it very difficult to sell shares at secondaries. - Raise/promotion policies are set up in a way where most ppl will never get it. I've seen superstar employees get 2% annual raise. The rest got 1%. - Pay is localized, so you can do the same exact job but get pay half of the compensation if you're not based in the US. - It's either employee contract for less money, and you have some employee rights given to you by your country, or more money but you're getting misclassified on a b2b contract and using vaction days when you get sick. The actual work requirements and responsibilities are the same in both cases. - If you're not drinking the koolaid you better fall in line and keep any opinions challenging the status quo to yourself - Manager can get pretty manipulative, they'll say anything to appease you, but will not act in your interest unless it aligns with their internal politics play

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