High growth but weak ethics and poor internal structure - Operations Associate Deel Employee Review

2.0
25 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fully remote and flexible work setup. - Exposure to global projects and modern tools. - A few talented, supportive colleagues.

Cons

- No structured onboarding or training; new hires are left to figure things out on their own. - Roles and responsibilities are poorly defined, with little organisational clarity. - Employee feedback is rarely acknowledged; it often feels like concerns go unheard. - Collaboration across teams is difficult and cross-department alignment is weak. - The company seems more focused on external marketing and product launches than on improving core operations—something critical if an IPO is a long-term goal. - Some internal practices raise ethical concerns and undermine trust. - Very high turnover.

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5.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
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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