Great remote work culture with collaborative team - Senior Frontend Engineer Deel Employee Review

- Fully remote - Mostly nice and talented people, you can learn a bunch and the atmosphere is good in the beginning - Once you realize you're not ever getting a raise you can get by doing bare minimum - You can write the ceo on slack and he will respond, which is actually insane considering its such a huge company

- Everyone is underpaid, even the senior directors. They present employee equity as extra compensation, but make it very difficult to sell shares at secondaries. - Raise/promotion policies are set up in a way where most ppl will never get it. I've seen superstar employees get 2% annual raise. The rest got 1%. - Pay is localized, so you can do the same exact job but get pay half of the compensation if you're not based in the US. - It's either employee contract for less money, and you have some employee rights given to you by your country, or more money but you're getting misclassified on a b2b contract and using vaction days when you get sick. The actual work requirements and responsibilities are the same in both cases. - If you're not drinking the koolaid you better fall in line and keep any opinions challenging the status quo to yourself - Manager can get pretty manipulative, they'll say anything to appease you, but will not act in your interest unless it aligns with their internal politics play

The culture here is genuinely one of a kind for a fully remote company. It would be easy for a team this distributed to feel disconnected, but it doesn't. There's a real sense of camaraderie across the org, and the people you work with are sharp, collaborative, and actually invested in each other's success. Whether you're in your first week or your first year, you never feel like you're figuring things out alone. Onboarding is one of the best I've experienced. From day one, there's a clear structure that gets you up to speed fast, without throwing you into the deep end. You leave onboarding feeling confident and ready to contribute, not overwhelmed. What's kept me here is the continued investment in development after onboarding ends. The learning doesn't stop once you're ramped. There are consistent resources, training, and coaching available that actually make you better at your job over time. It's clear the company cares about building people up, not just filling seats.

Fully remote work is a genuine perk, but it does require a level of self-discipline that not everyone is prepared for. There's no one looking over your shoulder, which is great if you're self-motivated, but can be a challenge if you struggle with structure. You have to be intentional about managing your time, staying focused, and holding yourself accountable to your goals. It's not a con unique to Deel, it's just the nature of remote work, but worth knowing going in.