Infested with politics - Anonymous employee Propel Employee Review

1.0
11 July 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation, flexible work hours, good engineers.

Cons

Unfortunately, the company increasingly became political. If you're not good at politics, expect to eventually become marginalized no matter how much you've achieved at this company. There's passive discrimination against those who don't show extroverted kind of excitement to the company political/cultural ideology.

avatar
Propel Response
1y
I'm sorry to hear that was your experience. Building a sustainable business in this space requires making a lot of difficult prioritization and resourcing decisions. When making them, we aren't factoring in the personality of the teams involved, we're solely focusing on what we think is best for the organization given the imperfect information we have at the moment. We recognize people at Propel truly care deeply about serving our users and give all that they can to deliver a great product and experience to low income Americans - it's our team's super power - but recognize that it also makes some of these changes even more painful.

Explore other reviews about Propel

5.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Mission driven company - Good compensation for the public benefits space - Strong technology base (new frameworks, easy release process) - Exciting projects and investments

Cons

- Company can be dependent on federal politics / relationships with other players in SNAP space

5.0
28 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great people: humble, mission driven, supportive, kind - Great mission: helping low income Americans make it through the month, every month. The team is very focused on user empathy and making a positive difference. - Profitable and reinvesting in growth and making a positive difference. - High autonomy, ownership & trust environment

Cons

- 10 year old code base that is being improved, but is not fully unified yet. - Sometimes can be silos; cross team collaboration is being worked on.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All