Don’t let the reviews written by HR fool you - Anonymous employee MoneyLion Employee Review

MoneyLion is the most chaotic company I’ve ever worked at. The CMO left so they purchased an advertising agency with very little evergreen marketing experience (they specialize in social media and advertising) and deferred all marketing leadership responsibilities to them. The agency has no clue what they’re doing, and they don’t touch base with the internal marketing team so everything is adrift and there is no guidance. If you’re new, you’re left completely to your own devices with no onboarding whatsoever. There are constant layoffs, and they come out of the blue. The people who are laid off are treated very poorly (HR says “you’re underperforming” and cuts off your tech within an hour). The truth is, the company isn’t doing well financially so they have to get rid of people. Leadership doesn’t know or care about what’s happening on the ground level. They’re completely detached from what individual departments are actually doing and have grandiose plans that aren’t achievable from a bandwidth perspective. The team in Malaysia is praised for churning out work and hitting fast deadlines, but in reality, almost everything they’ve been making is full of errors, and the US team scrambles to clean up their mess. There is no upward mobility because leadership would rather hire externally for management than people who know the company well. This leads to a perpetual cycle of people coming in with their own visions instead of understanding or listening to the employees’ needs. Most of the time, the people with management titles aren’t managing at all, and they don’t check in with their subordinates. They let their teams manage themselves and only step in when they need something (so they add more work instead of managing workflows or any other needs). Probably worst of all, you’re not expected to have a life if you work at MoneyLion. They want your weekdays, nights, weekends, and first unborn child. You’re not praised for your talent or how you help others; you’re praised for dropping everything you’re doing and jumping on every whim no matter the time of day. There is no regard for your time or mental or physical health. HR is equally clueless, and they’ll probably write some “We’re sorry you feel that way” response under my review. But it will all be to look good to prospective candidates. If you value a happy and productive life, do not work here. Everyone is burnt out and talks about quitting. A good amount of people recently quit all at once and the others fear layoffs or are actively interviewing.