The public-facing mission is the exact inverse of the actual employee experience. - Softarwer Engineer Gusto Employee Review

1.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There is a lot of great individual contributor (IC) talent here who genuinely try to do good work under chaotic circumstances.

Cons

You are underpaid, and there is absolutely no 401k matching—which is shocking and ironic for a payroll and benefits company. Senior leadership feels completely disconnected from the actual workers, which is highly apparent when they celebrate at all-hands meetings. The engineering standards are surprisingly chaotic, and collaborating is like pulling teeth due to egos, which frequently stalls progress. Work-life balance is hard to maintain, and the office environment feels cold and disconnected.

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5.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Smart and friendly coworkers. Excellent team culture

Cons

Tunnel visions on AI a bit too much

1.0
24 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Free food Cool people in sales org Middle Management is cool

Cons

The amount of turnover is genuinely astonishing Some teams are hitting less than 50% of quota AI has gotten out of hand.... It's almost comical Laid off 25+ people, partially because of "AI" I can genially say upwards of 10 of the most senior sellers have ALL left in the past 12 months "Upper" sales management is lost - focusing on AI above the actual processes and operations that can grow revenue No 401(k) 2 of 65+ GPRO reps in '2025 went to Presidents Club NO VALUE IN SALES TRAINING Rev-Opp's calls all the shots for partner sales - and they have not made any decisions that have driven an increase in revenue. Upper management and Rev Opp's stopped a majority of lead sources for Account Executives, expanded quotas, fired middle management, and fired the entire team. I would avoid working at Gusto at all costs.

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