Borrowell Reviews

The exec team is always so focused on saying the right things to convince people the company “mission” and the product work together - it doesn’t. It’s a referral platform plain and simple. The one attempt to pivot towards a different model failed miserably by overlooking a lot of basic things that a beta tester (as well as talking to a person actually experiencing financial difficulty) would be able to point out. I drank the kool-aid early on too until I realized everything the exec team says is for face. The company culture is nothing but clique-y, public displays of fake fun on chat or slack. If you don’t allow yourself to be manipulated, you’re out of the clique and good luck getting any growth opportunities. The company tries to appear very “politically correct” while their actions say otherwise. A lot of POCs feel very out of place. I know people from other depts with the same job, title, and experience but vastly different starting salaries. So much for the gender pay gap.

This place is basically The Stepford Wives. If you don't pretend to be #blessed you're in trouble. They have AMAs and Office Vibe but most people are too afraid to put anything in because they don't believe it's anonymous. They talk about diversity at conferences and on social media but in reality they don't take any action to make people feel any sense of belonging. The company is very white and alienates people of color. Women are discriminated against and white men advance while women do not. They pretended to be so different because the execs were half women but then promoted two white men and the execs are now just like other companies. There is very little transparency around pay. They don't even disclose pay bands for different departments. I'm certain that there are pay gaps that the company refuses to address. Salary raises are at the discretion of the managers and execs and there is very little room for negotiation. The only people who seem to move up are the people who go to every social and work incredibly late hours. A lot of the new managers don't have training or people experience so they end up micro managing their team. Good people were arbitrarily fired just because the execs can't stand criticism. But they didn't realize that they were shooting themselves in the foot and now there is a wave of people quitting. Borrowell is very much a fear based culture and they take pride in the divide and conquer mentality. A lot of coworkers are afraid to talk to each other and the minute they know you're leaving they feel they can open up about the struggles they encounter on a day to day basis. Instead of caring about the wellbeing and happiness of their employees, they are too concerned with silencing any criticism.