Great Product, Awful Place to Work - Anonymous employee Rippling Employee Review

1.0
May 16, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They're pretty bad at understanding the market, so you can increase your salary by a lot, especially if you come from blue chip companies or prestigious universities. There's a lot of smart people that work there. The product is really good.

Cons

There's ZERO work/life balance They will retaliate and fire you if you are insubordinate The benefits are expensive (which is funny given the product) They have monthly KPIs and if you don't hit them, they will fire you, even if you take a vacation Everyone there is fake happy. It's this really weird rah rah feeling when everyone is together with an underlying depression attached The nepotism and favoritism is blatant. This is the 4th time I've written a review, and the other 3 were taken down. Management asked us to write good reviews when I was there because of all the bad reviews. They really care about this stuff. It's just a really bad place to work, so be prepared. Accept the money and the stock, but understand that they will fire you for very, very little and work you to the bone. They were anti DEI well before Trump got in office. I guess you can say they're ahead of the curve!

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5.0
May 25, 2026
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Pros

good team, very knowledgeable, lots of ownership

Cons

strange criteria for evaluating employees using AI, managers seems like they don't agree with how it should be done

2.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They hire amazing people Reputable reputation for a resume Meaningful work WFH annual stipend ($600)

Cons

“Be Frugal” is a company value and trust me it shows. (Salary, travel, software, etc.) They have no shame in the fact that they prioritize Company revenue over employee health. When rolling out new products employees are expected to absorb the extra bandwidth and not complain about it when things go operationally wrong and it has an adverse effect on the employee. They are expected to ignore it and continue to absorb the work. They continue to hire externally for talent rather than developing internally. They have zero resources for developing employees. If you want to succeed in this company, you need to figure out how to develop yourself. They are not transparent with the fact that they expect you to work more than 40 hours a week. There are occasional folks who can manage the workload in 40 hours, but that’s not the norm.

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