Salaries lagging behind market rates and other penny pinching - Software Engineer Trustpilot Employee Review

2.0
7 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

CEO has been good for the stock price, if that's your thing

Cons

Salaries used to be decent, but haven't kept up with the market. Annual increases last 3+ years have been below market rate. Company wants employees to buy our stock through some discount scheme, instead of giving meaningful salary increases. You should see the tiny RSU stock offerings they give out each year. The company has spent $25 million dollars recently on share buy backs (publicly available info). Lots of lip service internally about being a symbol of trust, blah blah, but the penny pinching makes it obvious leadership only cares about the stock price Runs a peakon survey a few times a year, but makes every excuse possible when you mention the real issues, such as lack of benefits that are standard elsewhere. If the hiring market wasn't so looking so bad right now, i'd consider looking for a new job - beggars can't be choosers :)

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Trustpilot Response
1y
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We understand that competitive salaries and benefits are important, and we continuously strive to make our total reward packages work for everyone, taking care of our teams and balancing financial sustainability. There are a number of ways we reward Trusties beyond salary - bonus and RSUs to name a few, and we're introducing superstar points as another component. Each individual will place different value for different elements of compensation. We take employee feedback seriously, whether through engagement surveys, direct conversations, or feedback on here. For example, the feedback shared in engagement surveys on benefits directly feeds into our annual benefits review and we last month we shared the improvements we are making. Our commitment is to continuously improve and make Trustpilot a great place to work. Please reach out to your People Business Partner if you would like to discuss any of these topics further. Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback!

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