Wannabe Start-Up - Anonymous employee Adyen Employee Review

2.0
7 Aug 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing benefits (catered lunch, comprehensive health care)

Cons

Horrible culture - This company very much acts like a start-up (heavy drinking culture, young gossipy environment) while the reality is that this is an established large scale global organization No Growth Opportunity - Related to the point above. They promise you that they are a growing company filled with opportunities but in reality they are already established and all higher up roles get hired externally. Internal mobility has become relatively impossible. Team Leads - Adyen has a huge middle management problem. Too many people were moved into management roles in the start up phase of the company when they clearly weren’t ready to lead a team. Now we have way more team leads than needed, with most of them being inexperienced, incompetent, and overbearing.

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Cons

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Cons

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