Bad experience at Deel - Software QA Engineer Deel Employee Review

2.0
4 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The initial emphasis on teamwork and collaboration was truly inspiring, aligning perfectly with my professional values. This approach fostered a supportive and goal-oriented environment early on in my tenure. My early experiences with the team demonstrated the potential for collective success, with leadership initially facilitating an atmosphere of mutual support and shared objectives.

Cons

The arrival of a new team member significantly altered the team's dynamics, moving away from the initial culture of collaboration towards a more divisive atmosphere. This shift was marked by a leadership style that felt more authoritarian than supportive, undermining the sense of team cohesion and leaving me feeling isolated. Feedback and communication from this individual often felt punitive rather than constructive, focusing more on assigning blame than on fostering growth or resolving issues collaboratively. The culture of open dialogue and mutual support that was initially promised seemed to erode, replaced by a more hierarchical approach that discouraged open communication and made me feel targeted rather than part of a team.

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Deel Response
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We’re sorry to hear this; we appreciate your transparent feedback on your experience with a new team member joining your team as well as shift in culture. We are still in a startup growth mode, building what we hope to be a remarkable team experience in the near future. It’s feedback like this that helps us improve. We value and appreciate our team members and are committed to creating a great culture and environment for all. We have taken action items from your comments and advice regarding our values, supportive leadership, constructive feedback and training and will bring this back to our leadership and people teams.

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5.0
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Pros

- Fully Remote - Global team - Best talent in the world - People genuinely care, not only about customers but also the team mates - Deel speed is real - Real collaborative environment where you are valued - Amazing team culture with work life balance

Cons

No negotiation route for compensation during promotions

2.0
25 May 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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