Blind and deaf upper management, and a half baked product - Manager Deel Employee Review

1.0
Feb 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote. Some of the people.

Cons

Complete lack of communication. Senior Management exists in a fantasy land, and doesn't listen to anyone. Everyone is expendable. Everyone. Staff pushed out the back door and made to sign NDA to avoid bad press. Constant complaints from customers. Ignored or swept under a rug. Acquisitions and *new* products, but not structure, plan, focus, or direction. Exists solely for co-founders to pretend they're successful and/or accomplished.

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Deel Response
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As you indicate you are a current team member in a management role I would ask that you perform the role of a manager at Deel and surface feedback (positive and constructive) quickly and transparently. Glassdoor is helpful to see feedback, but we depend upon the transparent and specific feedback in the moment when moving at our speed to communicate better, connect the dots, tackle problems, and move forward. Glassdoor is not a communication tool for managers to use to make an impact. We need the internal communication. Fantasy lands are for fairy tales and we are certainly not living in one. We operate in a highly complex, nuanced, and competitive environment where people are impacted by the work we do, not just companies. We take that mission seriously and our Support teams are best in class working to answer questions, guide feedback, and provide help. As a manager, you might know that we have many slack bots and other notification tools in place so we know every review, every piece of feedback, every complaint, every communication with customers to ensure we are quick, accurate, and helpful in our support of them - our ultimate priority. We hear you on the acquisitions - growing 4,002% in headcount since 2021 and acquiring companies in this market environment lends itself to needing to scale quickly and we can do better with our acquisitions 100% to ensure their customers, their people, and their product are assimilated more quickly into Deel where it makes sense. We hope to hear from you internally soon so we can deeper dive on the issues you are experiencing.

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5.0
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Pros

Great management and nice people in the company.

Cons

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2.0
May 25, 2026
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Recommend
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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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