Wise
What's It Like to Work at Wise?
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Wisers think so! Our employee engagement is in the top 10% compared to the tech company benchmark. We encourage you to check out our employee blogs on wise.jobs to see what our colleagues are saying.
We aim to provide a welcoming and supportive environment where you can truly be yourself. Our goal is to pair a deeply motivating mission (money without borders) with a culture built on trust and an attractive benefit and well-being package.
Current and former Wisers frequently praise our open, friendly, and supportive culture, while highlighting the excellent benefits and growth opportunities provided during their time here. Overall, at Wise we aim to foster a reputation of a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and mission-driven workplace. We pride ourselves in:
- Purpose & Impact: Wisers are deeply motivated by a shared mission to make money borderless and solve complex, real-world financial challenges.
- Empowerment & Openness: We cultivate a straightforward, open environment, where Wisers are trusted to make their own decisions and truly lead their projects.
- Flexibility & Trust: Driven by mutual respect, our team highly values the freedom to manage their own schedules and work locations, fostering a healthy, empowering work-life balance.
Wise's Candidate Tradeoffs
If you’re weighing whether Wise is the right fit, these are the core tradeoffs to consider.
- Wise emphasizes accessible, engaged managers who provide regular support and alignment, though that often includes more frequent check-ins and active collaboration.
Wise Employee Reviews
What People Are Saying About Wise
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Mission & Purpose: Work is anchored on “money without borders” and clear values such as customer obsession, ownership, and “no drama.” This clarity is often described as motivating and gives people a strong sense of impact.
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Autonomy: Engineers and product teams are expected to own problems end-to-end with a bias to ship and to challenge ideas. A flattish setup and global, cross-office projects provide room to make decisions and see tangible outcomes.
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Benefits & Perks: Role materials highlight RSUs, generous PTO and sick time, paid parental leave, a self-development budget, and a six-week sabbatical after four years. These offerings are consistently detailed across postings and complemented by hybrid flexibility, including up to 90 days a year working from elsewhere in many roles.
Wise's Benefits
Company or teams have recognition rituals for individual work
Employee feedback used to shape policies and strategy
Managers give public shoutouts and celebrate employee milestones
Provides resources to build team camaraderie
Quarterly engagement surveys to gauge employee satisfaction
Transparent sharing of company-wide eNPS scores
Promote from within
Provides customized development tracks
Engineering team utilizes pair programming
Hosts in-person all-hands meetings
We have in-person team calls, live streamed across our global offices every two weeks, as well as quarterly planning sessions and our regular Mission Days global events.
Implements team-based strategic planning
Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration
Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities
Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility
Offers a remote work program
After your first 6 months, most people can work virtually from (almost) anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year.
Utilizes a flexible work schedule
We expect that new joiners will be in the office most days to build connections for their first six months. After that we see most Wisers split their working week between the office and home.
Utilizes a hybrid work model
