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I'm writing this not as a bitter employee but as someone who wishes I read a review like this before joining Stripe. I did my homework before joining but turns out I didn't dig enough because if you dig, it is there. I believe Stripe may have had a good culture and was a great company to work for in the past but in 2021, they hired half the company remote. The company still functions like a start-up but is now a mid-large size company so it is an operational nightmare. Everyone's calendar must be 100% visible, Slack is email and everything deletes after two weeks for no good reason but you still have email to maintain (which disappears after 100 days) etc. Someone mentioned that this company needs someone like Sheryl Sandberg to scale, I absolutely agree. I spoke with many people across different functions and everyone has imposter syndrome and admitted it. It is a very cut-throat environment, lots of ex Amazon & Googlers and the company's intense performance review process makes it even more competitive and not in a good way. I left because I didn't feel like I could trust anyone, nice to your face but would throw you under the bus kind of culture, was told it was a boys club as well. I think some people may like it at Stripe but many people stay on, miserable and wait for their stocks to vest at 1 year and then quit. The WLB is non-existent, constant fire-drills, not a company to work for if you have a family. The performance review process is so intense that even if you work crazy hours, unless you put Stripe over everything, the majority of people just "meet expectations" I wish I knew what I was walking into, Stripe pays well but no amount of money could make me stay.