It's time to grow up, you're no longer a teenager - Anonymous employee Adyen Employee Review

3.0
Feb 16, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The name carries a lot of weight on your CV. You get to meet lovely people if you're lucky. The product is great and working here gives you a lot of knowledge about the payment industry.

Cons

If you're reading this and are considering Adyen as your next employer, take a look at the comments below 4 stars on glassdoor before you make up your mind. This company is shiny on the outside, then you get in and are surprised at how it has managed to stay relevant, given how it is run. A lot of mid-level managers are completely unaware of how to do the job and are equally bad at people management. You have people who have been star performers looked over for promotions constantly because they do not know the right people. In my experience and the experience of a lot of other people I know; the work does not speak for you and you can only get ahead if you suck-up and have unlimited coffee chats with people that are not relevant to your work. Imagine your manager telling you to your face that you're not getting promoted because you are not political enough. Pay disparity within teams is shocking, and if you ask your manager they all repeat the same line - I know this because a few of us discussed what our managers told us when we asked for raises and were shocked at how similar their response was. If career progression is important for you and you want to develop more skills and challenge yourself to become a better person, perhaps this is not the place fore you. If you want to have cool events, party like you're still 18 and in a frathouse, develop no new skills and share endless company posts on linkedin, then this could be a good fit for you. I enjoyed my time there, but ultimately the desire to be challenged, to do better for myself be respected and appreciated for my work, led me to leave this company. It has grown a lot and they still run it like it's a 100 person start-up. HR is practically non-existent, don't even get me started on this. If you read other comments here on glassdoor, you'll see people talk about bullying and some other discriminatory beahaviors. While I didn't experience bullying, I saw others and personally know others who experienced it. and it's even public knowledge on some teams but those managers remain. That said, Adyen is a great company and the fact that it wasn't a fit for me, doesn't mean it wouldn't be a fit for you.

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5.0
Feb 4, 2026
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Pros

Good people. Hard work. They allow and encourage you to be creative.

Cons

Difficult to move within the company.

2.0
Apr 28, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

Office - the offices are some of the nicest offices I’ve worked in. Barista on site and pretty good lunch every day. Travel - there is an annual trip to Amsterdam and you can travel through Europe from that. PTO - European time off mindset. You’re able to take a fair amount of time off. Some people - there are some really smart, caring, hardworking people but unfortunately they aren’t in leadership positions. Product - it’s fun to work on the product while it’s still evolving

Cons

Leadership - some leaders were there at the right place/right time and the lack of leadership experience is evident. They pawn career growth off entirely onto their reports and their ego gets hurt when their leadership is questioned or feedback is given that they should own more. Instead of taking that feedback, they hand over even more “leadership” tasks to individuals. They barely understand the day to day of their peers and are consistently questioned about what they do. If leaders were having an impact on their reports, there wouldn’t be these questions. It’s better to not voice concerns to your lead cause then you’ll just be on their troublemaker list. Toxic culture - if high school like cliquey culture is your thing, Adyen is for you. There’s a weird gossipy vibe for some teams globally. Along with that, there were times harassment and bullying from leadership was condoned. The heavy drinking culture lead to a number of times things got out of hand and lead to people being put into situations they shouldn’t have had to deal with. Then those same leads were given additional chances to continue the behavior till it cost money. If you see something, it’s better to stay quiet than speak up cause then you will have a target on you. Team members are too afraid to actually voice concerns. Pay - Pay can start pretty good but once you’re in, the pay increases are minimal. Options were a joke compared to previous employers. They want people to work there for “the right reasons” but you can compete a bit more on pay. Growth opportunities - there used to be more of a culture to try new roles and go back which was a positive. More recently, growth opportunities are limited and it’s more of a vibe versus tangible impact. You can bring evidence of work but if the you’re not more extroverted or have more of a pick me energy, you likely won’t move up at Adyen. This can be team specific so ask how growth decisions are made within that team. Leadership doesn’t really have an answer on how these things are measured and just get angry if you ask about it. If you want to coast, this would be the spot for you. Numerous people on the team would comment about working too hard and they were right. Product - stop breaking things with product and make operations pick up the slack.

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