Not worth it. - Team Lead Deel Employee Review

1.0
Aug 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good people and... that's it.

Cons

- Extreme unpaid overtime. Sometimes reaching up to 80h per week. - Wildly understafed - Team Leads are asked to do the role of Architect, Project Manager, Scrum Master and a Product Manager. - Extreme pressure with no rewards. - Don't expect salary raises. Average salary raise will be around 5% per year. - Benefits are bad a.k.a. non-exisitent. - You have to beg to take time off. - No sick leave - you have to work while sick. - Expected to do unpaid on-call, because it part of the job. (It isn't). In short - it's a sweat shop. If you are considering for any role in leadership at Deel - DON'T. It's a horrible experiences.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Fully Remote - Global team - Best talent in the world - People genuinely care, not only about customers but also the team mates - Deel speed is real - Real collaborative environment where you are valued - Amazing team culture with work life balance

Cons

No negotiation route for compensation during promotions

2.0
May 25, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- 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

Cons

- 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

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