Does Stripe pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Stripe employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Stripe. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Stripe?

60% of Stripe employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Stripe 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Stripe?

Software Engineer (211) , Account Executive (82) , Senior Software Engineer (37) , Program Manager (30) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (26) , Product Manager (23) , Operations Associate (21) , Software Engineer(Internship) (21) , Recruiter (18) , Manager (15) , SWE Intern (15) , Operations Manager (14) , Data Scientist (12) , Product Support Specialist (12) , Staff Software Engineer (12)

What are the pros of working at Stripe according to real employee reviews?

"+ people are smart and very humble" ((in 199 reviews)); "Good benefits and outward team perception" ((in 144 reviews)); "Colleague are smart" ((in 53 reviews)); "Good compensation (I got SRUs)." ((in 43 reviews)); "Great leadership and product overall" ((in 42 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Stripe according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance means that teammates don't support each other at all and it's very competitive." ((in 85 reviews)); "Some managers have no experience and are bad at managing" ((in 47 reviews)); "Bad management especially global team" ((in 43 reviews)); "Annual layoffs signal at stack" ((in 20 reviews)); "It’s not uncommon for engineers to work long hours or feel pressure to be always “on.”" ((in 19 reviews))

What are employees saying about Stripe redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Stripe redundancy and their outlook for job security at Stripe in 2026.

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3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,326 total reviews)

Patrick Collison

83% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Stripe has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,326 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Stripe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Jun 30, 2026

Good culture and product, but very demanding environment

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good culture and product and office

Cons

Demanding demanding demanding demanding demanding

5.0

Jun 25, 2026

Strong culture with supportive leadership, but slow decisions

Head of support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Strong work ethics, good culture, supporting leadership, inclusive and employee centric.

Cons

Can get a bit slow in decision making. Needs a constant push

3.0

Jun 20, 2026

Good compensation and benefits, but high stress environment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good compenasion and excellent health benefit

Cons

High stress environment and totally depends on your manager's style. They could just hire and fire

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