Remote work benefits, but toxic culture and low pay - HR Team YNAB Employee Review

1.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fully remote, 401k match, health insurance. There are some truly great people here.

Cons

A company created on, and driven by, their own Kool-Aid. The potential to contribute to a life-changing financial tool is diluted by internal politics, a lack of formal operational or HR structures, and a toxic 'good vibes only' culture. I repeatedly witnessed those with ingenuity, action-orientation, and dedication be terminated or punished because they dared try to voice their opinions or create substantial change. Senior leaders largely have no applicable corporate experience and middle management receives no management training. There's no pathway for career development. Pay is far below industry standards.

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5.0
31 Dec 2025
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Pros

Work with great people for a great cause (supporting others in finding financial freedom)

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth

2.0
26 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pros: - Four day workweek - Fully paid insurance (including vision and dental) - 401k - 3-5 week minimum PTO

Cons

- CEO and exec team. - If you speak up or out against leadership, management, decision making, or the direction things are going, you are branded a "core value" misfit and either pushed out or fired. - Poor (basically non-existent) manager training. - Limited job growth opportunities. Very flat org chart. - Job responsibilities/scope creep outside of the 4DWW, so you're working on Friday anyway. - Feels like working for a cult. Seriously. And you see it much more clearly when you're out. - Lots of "pretty" core value language, strategy docs, and "company culture" mindset, but behind the curtains, it's a company looking to make money. There's not the loyalty you think there is. - Firings occur with no warnings, no PIPs, and you have no way to defend yourself.

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