Vercel Reviews

4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(118 total reviews)

Guillermo Rauch

86% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Vercel has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Vercel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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118 reviews
1.0
14 Sept 2022

Notice the patterns

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Notice the pattern of reviews here. Current employees are a 5-star, former employees are not. Do not be so quick to dismiss the 1-star ratings as disgruntled employees who simply could not hack a "hyper growth" lifestyle. Vercel likes to act as if their work ethic and dream is unmatched, but if you're experienced in the start-up world, you know that IC's are fantastic everywhere. This company experienced hyper growth and yes, the product itself is fantastic. Work-life balance is pretty reasonable, and the benefits with pay are there. Where this company fails is the mentality that you can treat people you don't like any kind of way.

Cons

Senior management is full of "bro culture" nepotism. The values are almost as if a child wrote them, and senior leadership ignores all toxicity complaints. Ask around with the former employees. If you disagree with a senior leader too many times, you can essentially expect to be demoted or even terminated. This pattern has happened to over half a dozen people in the last 12 months. The CEO is either entirely oblivious or doesn't care, and the C-suite execs are the offenders with nepotism and a clique mentality. People are being intimidated, forced to comply, and being stuck in absolutely ridiculous positions because they live in fear of losing their financial stability. Trust me when I tell you, a company that de-prioritizes or ignores their culture IS a toxic culture.

1.0
2 June 2022

Great ICs, Poor Sr. Mgmt

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Individual contributors here are world-class. Worked with a myriad of intelligent, driven, and thoughtful individuals. Hired some incredible minds and I’ll gladly work with some of these people later in life.

Cons

I was sold the dream of Vercel. This place was such an incredible disappointment. In the field org, senior management is atrocious. Full of first time senior leaders who lack vision, business acumen, and basic people management skills. Their reactive nature will end up creating a culture of distrust. Some additional poor management qualities include: - intimidation of employees - lack of transparency around key business decisions - siloed teams and lack of willingness to work cross-departmentally There are not many known pathways for individual contributors for career growth. Culture is siloed, too. The People Team is working diligently to build a good culture, but a good culture needs to exemplified by the top line leaders. Current culture in senior leadership is brooding, arrogant, and egotistical.

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