Get what you sign up for - Program Manager Stripe Employee Review

4.0
10 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Autonomy - Managers typically let you do your thing. You have the independence to deliver how you want; downside is that they rarely provide discrete direction and decisions are made in vacuums. Pay - Pay is competitive, but from my understanding its not nearly as lucrative as it was even a couple years ago. Decent RSUs on quicker vesting schedules. Bonus is fair. Lifestyle Benefits - Still offering fully remote opportunities; no intention of wrangling everyone back to office. Provide you monthly "health" stipends to basically spend on whatever you want (gym memberships, workout equipment etc.) and generous WFH stipends for home office. People - Everyone I've worked with is super kind, fun to be around, and willing to help. You'll just be working so much you never interact with them.

Cons

Poor Direction & Decisioning - Managers and leaders won't keep you on path; its up to you to make sure you move in the right direction. Accountability on decisions is poor; no one wants their name attached to anything contentious out of fear. Work Life Balance - Its not awful, but if you expect to meet standards you should expect to put in longer hours and go above and beyond when necessary. Typical of any high-growth company like this though.

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5.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Excellent Benefits -Breakfast and lunch everyday -Supportive Management -Great Pay

Cons

-Complex Product Suite -Quick ramp up

4.0
4 June 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The work is very high impact and there are lots of opportunities to learn if you're not already familiar with the fintech space. Most of the big projects I've been on so far have been fun to work on. There are also a lot of talented, kind, and helpful engineers at Stripe who are really nice to learn from. I really enjoy my manager and the folks on my team. The money + bonuses are ~ok~. Pretty standard for a pre-IPO unicorn, but the goal is that there will be a big pay off later (fingers crossed).

Cons

- The work life balance is *bad*. For how many products Stripe has, we are a very lean company. Too lean. There's just a lot of work, and very very tight deadlines, very fast paced, and not enough engineers and product managers to do all of it. If you want WLB as an engineer, join an infrastructure team, not a product team. - There is little to no investment in making the engineering org more diverse. This was surprising to me because of a lot of public facing company statements, but don't be fooled like I was. People (at least in the eng org) do not care about diversity. - HR sucks. And of course they would, I guess. But I had a really negative experience with HR where I walked away feeling completely devalued and gaslit. - Dev environments kinda suck and make the work a lot slower than it should be.

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