Wonderful caring CEO - Agency Account Manager WP Engine Employee Review

1.0
17 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great CEO, some good perks and diverse company with room for growth.

Cons

Toxic environment, current Senior Sales Manager is a bully which has lead to rotating door of staff, it's also commonly now known in the city as a stay away.

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WP Engine Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your feedback as it helps guide our growth and address concerns being raised. We're saddened to hear you've had this atypical experience. We try to foster an environment where every employee can thrive and do their best work. We hold our managers to a high standard and will look into your feedback in an effort to address these concerns. In a recent pulse survey, we've heard from the team that they're overall feeling supported. We know you're no longer working at WP Engine, but if you're comfortable doing so we'd encourage you to reach out to our Employee Experience Team so we can better understand and work to address these concerns. Thanks for taking the time to share, we wish you well in future endeavors.

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5.0
20 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of support from management. I always felt like I was heard. Plenty of support from my teammates. The CEO is an amazing person.

Cons

Customers only reach out because there are issues with their sites; causing them to be upset most of the time. Tough job if you are not used to remote work.

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WP Engine Response
5mo
We appreciate you taking the time to share such a thoughtful review. While we're glad you had an overall positive experience in regards to feeling supported by your manager, teammates, and feel Heather, our CEO is an amazing person. We agree! We are sorry to hear you didn't feel like there were opportunities for promotions. We know you no longer work here at WP Engine, but if you have any other thoughts you'd like to share so that we can learn more about what could've gone better, you're welcome to reach out to anybody on our Employee Experience Team to do so. Thank you again and we wish you the best in future endeavors.
3.0
2 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

• Good people • Good work/life balance and flexibility - remote first with local hubs for those living nearby • Interesting work and ownership of solutions • Core values are good ideals

Cons

• Yearly "re-orgs" include layoffs, so while you think your job is secure, it could be unexpectedly eliminated overnight - managers included • Overly focused on profit over employees or customer experience (e.g. benefit programs being cut and diminishing investment into human support, which used to be the lifeblood of the company) - possible consequence of private equity / Silver Lake • No one goes into the office, so even if you're near a hub, there's not a lot of actual face time working next to people and it's difficult to get to know people outside of your team and directly-associated teams • They're not interested in keeping or training up early-career software engineers, which seems very short-sighted and goes against "built for growth" • With the laser focus on the next shiny thing, tech debt and cruft accumulate faster than can be addressed, and the context behind older systems fades over time making them progressively harder to maintain or migrate off

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