Upgrade Engineering Department Employee Reviews | Comparably
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Upgrade is an online lending company that offers affordable credit products and free credit education tools. Upgrade was founded in 2017 and its current CEO is Renaud Laplanche. Since its inception 5 years ago, Upgrade has grown to more than 1400 team members. read more
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Upgrade Engineering Department Employee Reviews

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Leadership Reviews

Their knowledge of the industry and their vision for what's next.

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Focused on engineering, always willing to listen, lots of freedom given to technical team.

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They are very knowledgeable on the fin-tech domain and what the long term vision for the company should be, but also listening carefully to tech recommendations. I personally find there is a good balance between tech and product priorities, which, for software engineers, is something we value a lot!

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They clearly care about their team members. They have a clear vision and are very transparent with everyone.

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Down to earth and transparent.

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What does the leadership team need to get better at?

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What is the best part about your compensation package?

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Base salary is good, and regular salary adjustments are made instead of the classic yearly review schedule.

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Great compensation (above the market in my opinion), and good insurance. PS: being rewarded for exercising is also quite nice

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Nice balance between salary and stock options when looking at total compensation.

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Competitive salary, good equity package, and insurance coverage.

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That we have unlimited vacation

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Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

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What are some of the best things about your team?

Team Reviews

Greatly skilled technical team, communication is good, always keeping up to date with the latest tech stacks and always pushing to make things better.

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I feel people here are great engineers, experienced, knowledgeable, which is my top priority when choosing a company. The company's mindset is really positive and solution oriented, you do your best and if some problem arise you work to find a solution, no time nor energy wasted on pointing fingers

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Team members are very generous with their time. We all work together help each other. Success is a team thing, not an individual thing.

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Everyone is very talented and cares about each other's success and growth.

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Everybody is a top player yet humble. We don't hesitate to help each other.

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What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?

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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Environment Reviews

No crazy pressure to deliver projects, leadership team is understanding of the work family balance that needs to happen, especially with COVID.

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Open and collaborative environment. Genuinely good people.

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The trust, autonomicity, and the support from others.

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Expectations are set very clearly and fairly. People are mindful about everyone's personal life and even during covid are working to get things done as a team.

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People is really nice and promotes friendly and professional culture, make you feel part of the team

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What needs to change to make the company culture better?

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What did you like most about the interview process?

Interviews Reviews

Technical interviews were more goodwill discussions, similar to what you would have in an actual team when trying to solve a problem together. They do all they can to make you comfortable and able to show your best

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During the interview process i got to speak with 5 different people doing different roles. Each of these guys took the time to talk to me, to get to know me. After each meeting i got the sense that I really wanted to work with them. I asked hard questions, and they gave honest answers.

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Everyone was very nice and helpful.

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The positivity and understanding. he interview was from both sides and I get to meet executives

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Very efficient! It only took 3 days from the beginning of the interview to getting the offer.

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What would you improve about your company's interview process?

Interviews Reviews

Interviews focus too much on skills not relevant to day to day work

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What makes you most happy at work?

Outlook Reviews

The challenges and direct impact of my work

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Teammates, company culture, relaxed environment

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Feeling that the features I am working on have a real impact on our customers or our internal team.

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I really get the sense of collaborating with the best, we get thing done with quality, on time.

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The people I get to work with every day.

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What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

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