Pros
Individual contributors at Payscale are some of the most amazing teammates you will have in your professional career. Extremely hard working people who enjoy helping one another
Cons
Payscale has lost its way since the beginning of 2024. When I first started at Payscale over 6 years ago, the employee experience (pay, work life balance, day to day, etc.) was the best thing about this company. Since the beginning of 2024 it has become worse and worse to the point where the employee experience went from being the best aspect to the worst aspect. The company has always been driven by metrics that keep the private equity firm happy but since the new CEO joined, board metrics are the only thing that matters. No giving customers, prospects, and certainly employees a great experience, just results. Businesses naturally need results, but it has now come at the expense of any person involved with Payscale in any form or fashion, whether working for or working with Payscale. This most recent merit cycle is evident of that where many employees received less than the minimum increase down to a 0% increase. The increases distributed this year contradict Payscale’s own Salary Budget Survey which is ironic. Outside of the increases, employees are paid much lower than the market rate, which is also very ironic. Payscale also rescinded stock options given to former employees but called it a “buy back at $0.00”. It is sad and disappointing to see a company that was once the best place I had worked for transform into the worst place I have worked for, all in 15 months.
