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Circle Internet Financial Reviews

4.3

84% would recommend to a friend

(188 total reviews)
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Jeremy Allaire

94% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

Circle Internet Financial has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Circle Internet Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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188 reviews
1.0
16 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good benefits compared to other companies. - They dont cut pay/salary based on location/cost of living, which is a great thing. - Exposure of crypto and you learn a lot. - Company mission seems good.

Cons

- Work weekends more than normal, if you gonna interview with them, make sure to ask how many hours they expect you to work at weekends in average in a month ( not every weekend but once every couple of weeks). - Condescending individuals on positions of power, unpleasant people to meet. Some of the worst coworkers and individuals I had the misfortune to meet and work with here. - Some people get promotions because they are the gaming buddy of the manager rather than merit. People that are ignorants or that do not deserve it get authority and screw the long term goals of the company. - Some groups have multiple managers but not actual leaders, there are teams that seem to have 2 managers, but there is no actual lead. So they delegate managing task to condescending individuals that have no touch with people and treat people like they were dumb. - Management seem to be ok with people using expletive language during meetings, at some point insulting other coworkers. When reporting it nothing was done since it was also a gaming buddy. - Lack of process of onboarding. - Too many meetings. Half day will go in to meetings, then they expect you to finish your task and exclude the time of the meetings.

1.0
21 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are still some good people there, even after they laid off 10% of the company (in May 2019) and the massive exodus of key talent which followed.

Cons

1. Inability to raise money - they have been trying to raise a round for a very long time, but are unable to. 2. Massive legal liability resulting from operating an illiquid lending market (CLAM); poor Risk Management. 3. Zero respect for Legal & Compliance functions. Product personnel openly mocks/insults Legal & Compliance teams at All Hands meetings. 4. Abysmal internal organization. There is no structure for Product Management; products/features are selected (and abandoned) at whim. Products/features that are selected for development often exclude key stakeholders until the very end. 5. The entire company is controlled by a small clique of toxic individuals who enjoy protection from the Founders. 6. 401(k) matching was removed with no timeline for restoration. 7. No vision or strategy - I'm not even sure what Circle is/does anymore after they sold Poloniex less than 18 months after acquiring it.

1.0
5 Dec 2021

First time I cried as an adult out of frustration

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- If you love grinding culture, get burned and overwork, this is a place for you. - If you like condescending bosses and toxic coworkers, this is a place for you, you will find some here and there, not all of them are, but they don't filter that. - if you don't care about best practices, this is a place for you, things are done as fast as possible, and best practices are thrown out of the window.

Cons

- Strong bro culture. - Grinding is a must here very often. - Management has no easy process for complaints against your manager. - Expletive language seems to be normal, in a positive context could be nice, but in a negative context makes life miserable.

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