Good name to have on CV, met some great people here. - Sales Development Representative (SDR) Deel Employee Review

2.0
26 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can work remotely from anywhere.

Cons

If you are a driven salesperson that wants to progress in their career I would generally avoid. If you are a Junior sales person looking to learn you won't receive hands on training to become good at sales, if you are an experienced salesperson you will be frustrated at the career path here as it is very strange. There wasn't a single month in my time here where there weren't changes made to our metrics and qualifying criteria to make life more difficult. When you are joining as an SDR you are told about the possibilities of becoming an AE, when you join the organisation and you're made aware of the career path it becomes clear that you need a minimum of 12 months in your role, before being moved into a different SDR department where again you need a minimum of 12 months. Not to mention that these time based promotions are often delayed due to "headcount" so in many cases "on paper" you are looking at a minimum of 2.5-3 years to be eligible for an AE promotion. The reality however is the UK team barely promote from within, whenever an AE position becomes available they recruit externally. Barely any of the UK AEs were SDRs at Deel so you quickly realise that there is no real room for progression here, which is evident in their staff turnover. The way the career path is set out here is the most nonsensical approach I have personally seen in my career. I met some good people here and made some friends, the sales function has grown out of their control though and they really don't know what they're doing.

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great management and nice people in the company.

Cons

no cons really but if I have to say one thing, it would be 401K can be higher to match.

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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