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      4.7

      99% would recommend to a friend

      (412 total reviews)

      Drew Durbin

      98% approve of CEO

      92% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.7

      Culture and values

      4.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.6

      Career opportunities

      4.5

      Work/Life balance

      4.4

      Senior management

      4.4

      Compensation and benefits

      Wave has an employee rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 412 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Wave employee rating is 26% above average for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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      412 reviews
      2.0
      Aug 3, 2022

      Revamp your leadership team!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Competitive Compensation, Transparency, Flexibility, Unique Culture, Retreats

      Cons

      There are aspects of the lay-offs that was handled poorly and showed evidence of weak leadership, who can learn to show more empathy. I acknowledge that they offered a good severance to employees, but it is quite surprising that no one in leadership (at least none that I am aware of) said anything publicly about the lay-off or soliciting support from their network to help people get jobs. Instead, the priority is announcing new funding and trying to protect your image. This is a rough economic climate and you can at least show people support asides from a severance. Lay-offs can be tough and it takes people time to process the impact....that is when leadership can/should step up to show more support, it goes a long way, especially for a company that talks about social impact or being employee driven.

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      Wave Response
      3y
      Hello, thank you for sharing your feedback on Wave. We are glad to hear that the working environment and culture provide you the opportunity to learn, grow, and be highly rewarded. We noted your feedback on the Leadership and shared it with the relevant teams. We are proud of our leaders at Wave, and we know that our success rests on our unique culture, which was born in Dakar as a mix of Silicon Valley and west Africa. Over the past 18 months, we’ve worked hard to build a strong and diverse leadership “bench” - for example, we now have General Managers and Directors of Operations in each operating market guiding these businesses forward. It’s not to say that we are perfect - it takes time to build leaders and scale communication and decision-making. This is especially true for a diverse company like Wave (our employees are based in over 20 different countries, and we are a hybrid software/operations company). We value employee feedback; if you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve, kindly reach out to your Country People Lead or us directly at recruiting@wave.com
      5.0
      Jun 29, 2020

      Truly a place where you feel like your work matters!

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      1) Flexible - with vacation, sick days, location of work etc. Management very inclined to support you however they can for you to be your best self. One of the values at Wave is that "We don't wait -- we live our fullest lives now".. and Wave walks the walk. 2) Impact - your work serves a lot of underserved people and actually helps make their lives better. You get to see the impact first-hand through field visits during retreats to the countries in sub-saharan Africa that we serve. 3) Experience - you get experience owning features end-to-end and designing solutions with the support of your PM. This is really great especially for junior and intermediate people to level up their skills! 4) People - Management and leadership truly wants what is best for their employees and their users. This means enabling its workers and giving them the relevant tools to succeed.

      Cons

      We travel to the countries we serve ~6 times a year. If you don't like to travel, you might find that hard. We also work remotely, this can be difficult for people who are just starting out in the industry. However, the culture of reaching out for help when you're stuck is very much encouraged. We are still a start-up. This means that there is always change, whether it be process, projects, etc. Wave is always open to change and working in iterations to make things better. If you prefer to be somewhere where there is not a lot of change, this might not be for you.

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      Wave Response
      5y
      Thank you for reviewing Wave! We're excited to be building a great product that we hope will have a huge impact on the sector.
      5.0
      Jun 6, 2022

      Great!

      Ccs
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great people. Work life balance

      Cons

      Low pay and no rrsp

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      Wave Response
      3y
      Hi! Thank you very much for your review. Wave does have an RRSP with Wealthsimple and offers a 4% employer match. Please feel free to reach out to peopleops@wave.com or any member of the people team if you need more clarifications on this.
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