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1.0
Sep 12, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Best PMF...this company is minting money. Best PLG motion I've ever encountered in the market (flip side in Cons). -Great brand. -Some very smart people working here - company attracts great talent (recently). -Cash and equity comp are pretty good. -Growth almost on auto drive (flip side in Cons) -Innovative (v0, Firewall by default etc.) but with the right balance of marketing BS (Frontend Cloud...WT$?? lol) -Best developer and product velocity - releasing hype worthy features almost every week.

Cons

-Poor culture. Inner circle that's been at the company for 3+ years have uneven influence and has maturity of a toddler. They're hyper sensitive, gossips and sabotages, and creates rumors about others, especially new hires, that snowballs into HRs radar....if you want to be a human and connect with other humans RUN! -Some teams have highly toxic subculture. -Company being run almost at the same pulse as Twitter (twitter-sphere often controls narrative) and HR in reactionary mode playing whack-a-mole. -DEI overkill but Zoom calls look like a mix of Greenwich, CT country club & SF tech bros. -Inexperienced 1st time managers hired equally inexperienced people during the growth spike in 2021 and now there's a company-wide clean up - just look at former employees on LI. -Unclear what GTM teams really do, no clear Enterprise fit. -GTM an afterthought, IC Engineer first over other personas and ENT segment (not a bad thing but stop wasting time trying to be something you're not). -Heavily engineering & product skewed which is fine but this means customer facing teams take a backseat and coupled with...next point. -Weak leadership that's not able to go toe-to-toe with engineering leadership...CPO & CTO are wicked smart and fairly seasoned but outside of this there's still a lot of work to be done with getting seasoned operators to run the other functions -Need adults at the top. Immature leadership and often first time doing X role (CxO, SVP, VP, Director etc.) people who are part of the inner circle causing inefficiencies and should have no business making critical decisions. They're clueless about how much they suck and the pain they're causing everyone around them. -With growth almost on auto drive there's little to no oversight from the board/investors so everyone below the exec team suffers.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

vercel doesn't just talk about being AI native, they embody it. they operate as a fast paced high growth startup and that can be disorienting if you are coming from a big tech/slow moving org. process is not the favorite word here, and I personally love it because it gives teams flexibility to operate and own any amount of scope without overthinking it (they just need to know they have the power to build). engineering bar is one of the best I have seen, and that extends to some recent engineering leadership hires too. the EPD org cares about the work and each other, and what Vercel wants to be for the current and next class of entrepreneurs. The environment is high trust, and collaborative and you can have a high impact early on, so whether you like to work on your own or with a team, there is space for both. their demo days are one of my favorite things in the company right now.

Cons

The flip side of the company moving very fast is it can be overwhelming to keep up. pace yourself and focus on what matters for the company and your team, and you will do just fine. AI has sped up a lot of teams, so code review speed can be up and down.

4.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Vercel offers competitive compensation that consistently stands out as one of the strongest aspects of working here. The team is made up of high-caliber people who genuinely care about the work and each other, making for a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment where you're given real ownership and autonomy. Vercel is on an exciting growth trajectory; the company is scaling fast with significant valuation growth and is on a path toward going public, making it a compelling place to be if you want to grow alongside a company and share in its success.

Cons

Like any high-growth company, there are still some areas being built out. Interviewer enablement and structured interview training are not yet fully in place, which can make the hiring process feel inconsistent at times. The employer brand is still developing, particularly on the G&A side, which can make it challenging to attract and convert top passive talent who aren't yet familiar with the company. Additionally, leadership is heavily focused on building an in-office culture, primarily centered around San Francisco, which while great for culture-building, does narrow the talent pool.

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