Work hard... work harder... change the course of labour law history - Senior Legal Counsel Deel Employee Review

5.0
Sep 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Deel is the fastest-growing startup in history for a reason. Deel close geographical gaps, enabling the best talents, regardless of nationality, to pursue their dream jobs. Working at Deel is a unique experience; the human capital here is truly exceptional. The multicultural dynamics foster continuous learning, and provide unparalleled knowledge and insights not typically found in traditional "legacy" startups. Each day presents new challenges to conquer, making Deel the ideal environment for those seeking continuous professional development.

Cons

Let's not sugar-coat the reality; everyone that I work with are giving their best. As a company that is global by it's DNA, it's common to find oneself in meetings with teams on the opposite side of the world or responding to Slack inquiries, escalations, or requests while in bed.

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Deel Response
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Thank you for your review and for being a part of the legal counsel team at Deel. We appreciate the shoutouts on Deel's multicultural dynamics and opportunities for professional development. We understand that our global workforce can bring challenges when solving for all timezones - we will continue to build and scale staff to solve for this.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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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
May 25, 2026
Anonymous contractor
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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