Beyond ideal - People Team Deel Employee Review

1.0
18 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

remote work is dying so guess this is a pro but this isn’t meant to be a pro…

Cons

The work environment was extremely stressful and it was difficult to make a meaningful impact. Management often appeared inexperienced and unprofessional, showing clear favoritism toward employees based in the United States. They were given lighter workloads, higher performance ratings/bonuses and received preferential treatment, while European employees were expected to work twelve to fourteen hour days without recognition, reward, or fair evaluation during reviews. The organization operated with inconsistent standards, applying one set of rules for favorite employees and another for everyone else. The People team lacked unity, and disagreements among the leaders were frequent, sometimes escalating to shouting. Several directors had unclear roles or contributed little beyond assigning tasks to their teams. Respect depended largely on personal popularity rather than merit or professional performance.

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5.0
10 June 2026
Recommend
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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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