BetterUp reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(484 total reviews)
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Alexi Robichaux

48% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

BetterUp has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The BetterUp employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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484 reviews
5.0
Jun 10, 2026

Come in with eyes open and you'll be fine

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I'm not held here against my will for a cause... I'm paid to do something I actually care about. I see a lot of people on Glassdoor debating the strength of the business model, but I've never seen anyone argue that what BetterUp is trying to do isn't worth doing. I'm a part of a company thats net positive for the world. That alone feels like a feat in 2026. AND I'm getting paid well. No "mission discount".

Cons

This isn't a money-growing-on-trees unicorn startup from 2018. This business model is hard. We're selling human potential development when most companies are trying to figure out how to replace humans with AI. Its not easy but I think its kind of important... A lot of people experience being overwhelmed here. Thats real. It happens enough that clearly the culture is playing a role. Every company has its own version of crazy. My advice to people thinking about working here: ask direct questions in your interviews to figure out if you're okay with Betterup's kind of crazy. You'll get honest answers. After 3+ years I've genuinely grown to love it

5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Nearly 8 years in, and the work still pulls me forward. What keeps me at BetterUp is that the problems are genuinely hard and genuinely worth solving. I came from engineering, so I'm wired to care about infrastructure, not just features, and this is one of the rare places where you can build something foundational and actually see it move metrics, clear escalations, and unblock a whole go-to-market motion. The mission isn't decorative here. I can feel the thread between the work and the outcome. BetterUp also trusts you to figure things out across lanes. I've written SQL, prototyped with AI tools, facilitated workshops, and co-designed vendor strategy, all as a PM, because the culture doesn't penalize curiosity or reaching into adjacent territory. And honestly, some of my closest friendships came out of this place. The people I work with, on engineering, on cross-functional teams, and in peer mentorship, are people I genuinely learn from and, in some cases, people I can't imagine not having in my life. That combination of meaningful infrastructure work, real trust, and people who challenge you and become your people is not easy to find. The benefits span beyond general work-life-balance, if you're curious about something, there's always an open door to learn and contribute. As a woman in tech, I cherish the fact that our colleagues listen to women, and our insight is taken into account instead of just ignored. It's nice to feel safe at work, able to speak your mind freely.

Cons

If you want a boring job, this is not the place for you.

1.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

My manager is great and there are good perks and benefit packages.

Cons

We're living in the past as the company goes no where. Everyone knows it and talks about it openly behind the founders backs. Disney is the only thing holding up this shell of a company. Sadly, the equity all the employees have is near worthless and won't ever return to the last value. The company perfectly engineered for a 2021 world where every enterprise believed unlimited budgets, remote work forever, and unlocking human potential through $400/hour Zoom coaching sessions was the future of business. Unfortunately, the market shifted from inspirational wellness narratives to “show me the operational ROI immediately!" and it turns out human coaching businesses don’t scale like software. AI can now generate leadership advice infinitely cheaper, and CFOs are cutting transformational resilience journeys before they cut systems actually tied to revenue, compliance, or execution. So now BetterUp is stuck trying to convince the market it’s simultaneously a coaching company, an AI company, a leadership platform, a transformation platform, and probably a moonshot consciousness layer for enterprise humanity.

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