WePay Reviews

It is really unfortunate having to write this, but I feel it is necessary to ensure those who may be interested in WePay or are currently in the recruiting process understand the current direction of WePay/JPMC. Note: I have been with WePay for 5+ years and for the most part it has been an amazing company to work for. It was only after the acquisition that things really started to take a nose dive. I am currently planning my exit, much like many others I know. (It is important to note that everyone can take this information to heart, but it is mostly geared to engineers and product professionals located in Silicon Valley, or expecting to work for a Silicon Valley tech leader like Stripe, Facebook, Google, Netflix, etc. I know there are people that would, and do, thrive at WePay/JPMC and enjoy working there, but it’s certainly not for everyone, and it’s certainly not for those who want to push the pace and innovate.) Bill & Rich (co-founders) were, and still are, amazing but they have since left WePay. JPMC purchased WePay so that we could be their new innovative tech center in Silicon Valley to attract great talent to come work for the bank. They knew they were, and still are, losing the FinTech race to the likes of Stripe and others, and figured the WePay purchase would help them compete. Little did they know the biggest roadblock in JPMC innovating and competing in the FinTech space, is JPMC themselves. I think the first thing to really understand and let sink in is that you are working for a BANK. There is no other better way to describe this and others that try to say otherwise are lying. Many will say that WePay functions autonomously from JPMC, and while that might currently be true for some areas of the business, they are slowly but surely closing in to crush the rest of the organization. As you can imagine, JPMC is highly regulated which, in turn, has forced WePay, a previously agile and innovative company, to essentially slam the brakes on innovation and progress. WePay has incredible engineering and product talent, but with all the bureaucracy, oversight, regulation, archaic and broken processes, etc., it becomes very hard to do your job, be motivated, and feel appreciated. - You found a new, cutting edge tool, that would drastically improve the efficiency of your team and you want to bring it in? Good luck. Best case scenario, if it ever gets approved, you’ll get the sign off in 6-12 months. - Hate busy work? Bummer because there are so many mandatory trainings that probably have nothing to do with your job. - Need to access some internal sites hosted by JPMC? Log into your slow, VDI instance, and hope you remember your password that expires every 30 days. As it stands right now, we only have 1 remaining person at the executive level that represents the original pre-acquisition leadership team. At the end of the 3 year retention period (Jan 2021) WePay executives started bailing and tenured employees started to trickle off as well. The entire company, with one exception (Chris Conrad), is now run by executives that are more aligned with JPMC than they are with WePay which causes many issues, especially for those working in Silicon Valley. As a result of this leadership shift, there are items such as benefits packages which do not compare to what you would expect from a West Coast tech company. They have tried to take the one-size fits all approach for all US employees which means that WePay has a hard time competing with the compensation and benefits they can offer. What may work in New York for bankers, and others in positions in Plano TX, Tampa FL, etc., does not translate well for a solid benefits and compensation offering for someone in Silicon Valley. For those of you who are on immigration, while we do have an “HR Team” they are generally useless. They are more aligned with JPMC and direct most inquiries into the abyss of the JPMC HR ticketing system. I have heard stories about not receiving responses for a few weeks. We have been losing more and more people who are on immigration because we used to be really good at handling all the processes and paperwork in house, but now JPMC handles all that and its just a nightmare for the employees. If you are reading this right now, you are likely in the middle of your due diligence trying to see if WePay is the right fit for you and I hope this helps. You are probably a talented engineer or product professional, since that is really all they are hiring for right now, looking to make a difference at your new company. I am certainly not saying that you won’t have that opportunity at WePay, just realize that it will be an uphill battle and what you are being sold on to join the company might not be all sunshine and rainbows if you accept a position here. Good luck!

Everyday I churned out work. I contributed to meetings. I was on time and I gave peer reviews. I designed systems. I stayed late. This kind of work ethic is not rewarded. What is rewarded is engineers with a big mouth and posture talk. They're the ones hovering over everyone and they're the loudest ones to celebrate when we make a release. Most new comers are good. I'm surprised that we were able to bring in the level of talent that we do, given how corrupt some of the higher level engineers are. I've overheard some conversations between them that just make me sick. If you want to coast by and you're good at talking, you'll be right at home here. If you want to do real work, look elsewhere.