Compensation weakness, good culture, strategy is behind the times - Anonymous employee Discord Employee Review

2.0
5 Nov 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good engineering culture Smart compassionate people to work with

Cons

Still valuing themselves as last funding round. Hence compensation is basically base. No IPO chance in 3 years Strategy is basically get more gamers to stream.

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Discord Response
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Hi there, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We’re glad to hear positive feedback on a good engineering culture and smart, compassionate people to work with. Our people are the best — we completely agree! We’re sorry to hear that you feel compensation is a weakness. Discord strives to offer competitive compensation packages including equity. In addition to competitive pay we also offer benefits like 401(k) matching in the U.S., four weeks of PTO, 14+ paid holidays, flexible sick time (which includes mental health days), up to $20,000 for gender-affirming care, a quarterly stipend for wellness activities, and up to $1,000/year in donation matching to charitable organizations. We highly value your thoughts and are taking your feedback into consideration. As always, we encourage you to have a discussion with your manager or People Partner with any additional concerns, and they can help you address them in a meaningful way. Thanks again!

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