red flags everywhere. do your research and ask questions about these issues: - Anonymous employee WorkWave Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

my immediate support teammates are some of the best people I have ever worked with. which is why it's unfortunate I worry for the long term success of the department. they deserve so much better.

Cons

basically being catfished and sold that the job is pro-mental health and they protect you against burnout. you're expected to do many things you don't have information on and told you can't talk to other departments. having Jiras sit for over a month with no progress, making customers mad and we can't help them. having a simple question take days for an answer because it's not documented and nobody is free to assist you, if you're even allowed to ask them. nothing feels worse than caring deeply about your departments success and being unable to help. you are allowed to take time off , but anytime you do, you come back to escalated tickets which makes you never want to take time off. then going to hr about said concerns and nothing changes. having direct management not know how even the simplest things in the software you support work and giving you incorrect answers to questions that cause you to get bad surveys.

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WorkWave Response
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Contrary to the tenure listed, we appreciate the 3 months you were able to spend with us prior to your departure. Rather than devoting time to disputing your statements that unfortunately do not accurately reflect our efforts, company, culture, or team members we would instead like to focus on wishing you well at your next endeavor.

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5.0
Apr 2, 2026
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Pros

This is an out with the old and in with the new story. Don’t believe everything you read from negative reviews. The companies new leadership is doing EXACTLY what should have been done over 5 years ago. If you’re a solid worker with talent and seasoned experience outside of WW you’ll fit in with the new first string team members. We are working on things that the past teams should have completed years ago and now it’s actually going to happen. That’s a comeback kid story for sure.

Cons

Based on my pros you can guess there are some folks who have been let go recently and some others who are left and have feelings about it. The cleaning out of the old and the wave of incoming new people is a pro not a con some people need to get with that program and perform or exit. Don’t let those bad attitudes stop you from joining, they can see themselves to the door as quickly as you can come fill their seat.

1.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work, flexible PTO. I had the privilege of working alongside some genuinely passionate and talented people. That went a long way for me personally.

Cons

Anyone considering a role at WorkWave, specifically in product design, deserves to be able to make an informed choice. Salaries fall very far below market rate. This was widely known and openly discussed internally. Annual raises of ~3% (if any) mean that your compensation actually loses significant value over time. Loyalty to the company means your salary diminishes with each passing year. Raises don’t come close to offsetting cost of living increases, inflation, etc. My honest advice is to shop around, know your worth, and don’t become complacent if you do join. No bonus structure below management level, and no WFH stipend. Disorganization at the leadership level tends to roll downhill. Rather than collaborating to solve problems, blame tends to land on whoever has the least authority. Not worth it especially given the compensation and everything else at play. Product design’s leadership warrants particular attention. During my tenure, a new member of product design’s leadership used Glassdoor on 4/2/2026 not to evaluate the company, but to praise themselves while disparaging colleagues, notably during an active HR investigation into their own conduct. I’d STRONGLY encourage anyone considering this team to find that review and decide whether that’s a leadership style you will thrive under. I have no personal feelings about it, however it’s critical you understand the leadership team’s culture and personality. I think they did a really good job laying that out in their review and I applaud their transparency. Multiple rounds of layoffs eliminated almost all engineers who knew our legacy codebase, as well as QA. Offshore contractors with no familiarity with the code and no overlapping time zone hours were brought in to fill the gap. Layoffs were also handled without any transparency. The only way to know if a colleague was let go was to search their name in Slack and see if the account had been deactivated. Leadership was told specifically they were not allowed to say who was laid off. High visibility projects were affected, but deadlines remained intact. This isn’t an isolated way of handling things here. Work/life balance will be poor if a low salary means that you need to fill the gap by other means outside of normal working hours. On a personal note: the circumstances that pushed me to leave ultimately opened better doors, and for that I’m genuinely grateful. Not really a con in my opinion though.

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