Toxic culture, no real diversity - Anonymous employee Upvest Employee Review

2.0
Dec 1, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Up and coming business with great ties into investment industry. International environment (at least in most teams).

Cons

Inner circle literally rules over everything no matter their experience or capabilities. Unless you’re a white male there‘s no real chance to grow within the company. Lots of promises during the interviews and a completely different situation once you land.

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Pros

Good base salary, good office in Berlin. Tech-stack is a bit unusual but in a good/challenging way.

Cons

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Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

Team Autonomy across and within the Teams.

Cons

Leads not trained enough to mentor Junior Engineers

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