Stay Away - Manager BetterUp Employee Review

2.0
10 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

IC's are wonderful people and some of the smartest and hard working people I know. Lots of company time off (all federal holidays off, 3-4 inner work days and winter and summer corporate shutdowns). Free coaching is great and has truly helped me grow as a leader and person.

Cons

BetterUp values style over substance, lofty strategy over effective execution, thinkers over doers. The org structure is extremely top heavy with way too many Directors and VP's for the size of the company. Lots of politics and extremely low levels of trust. Data is a mess and has turned into a liability instead of an asset. Sales - reorgs every year for the last 4-5 years, new leaders coming in with their way of doing things. Very few hit quota unless a blue bird drops in your lap or you're a long timer. Absolutely zero sales enablement, be ready to learn the products and Salesforce on your own. R&D - chaotic with constant strategic shifts. Leadership are too "grounded in the science" and spend time building pretty slides instead of products/features that actually address customer needs. G&A - always being forced to do more with less, severely underrecognized and underappreciated. Certain teams have not grown in over 4 years even with more people they have to support, more complicated asks from management and tools being ripped out from under them.

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5.0
17 June 2026
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Pros

Amazing team Rewarding cross functional work Interesting tasks Learning opportunities Flexible work schedule

Cons

As this is a contractor role, there are no benefits

5.0
10 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nearly 8 years in, and the work still pulls me forward. What keeps me at BetterUp is that the problems are genuinely hard and genuinely worth solving. I came from engineering, so I'm wired to care about infrastructure, not just features, and this is one of the rare places where you can build something foundational and actually see it move metrics, clear escalations, and unblock a whole go-to-market motion. The mission isn't decorative here. I can feel the thread between the work and the outcome. BetterUp also trusts you to figure things out across lanes. I've written SQL, prototyped with AI tools, facilitated workshops, and co-designed vendor strategy, all as a PM, because the culture doesn't penalize curiosity or reaching into adjacent territory. And honestly, some of my closest friendships came out of this place. The people I work with, on engineering, on cross-functional teams, and in peer mentorship, are people I genuinely learn from and, in some cases, people I can't imagine not having in my life. That combination of meaningful infrastructure work, real trust, and people who challenge you and become your people is not easy to find. The benefits span beyond general work-life-balance, if you're curious about something, there's always an open door to learn and contribute. As a woman in tech, I cherish the fact that our colleagues listen to women, and our insight is taken into account instead of just ignored. It's nice to feel safe at work, able to speak your mind freely.

Cons

If you want a boring job, this is not the place for you.

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