Customer Care is not the place to be - Dedicated Support Gusto Employee Review

2.0
15 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company Swag - the company sends random gifts with stickers, water bottles, etc. Benefits- medical benefits, unlimited PTO Opportunity to work from home

Cons

Micromanagement- Work force management can get frustrating. If you are not on queue for whatever reason they will tag you in the group chat where everyone can see. you have to literally announce what you are doing each time you are not in queue. There could be better ways of handling this. Terrible work life balance- It is impossible to meet your metrics without working overtime. During your shift you will be on phones pretty much all day leaving no time to breathe or work on email cases which start to accumulate in your personal queue. The only way to work on them is by doing overtime. Call center environment- This is really just a glorified call center. The company does have cool benefits but its really not worth it for the amount of stress and work you do. Low Pay- for the amount of work that each rep does the pay is very low compared to similar roles at other companies. Many of the tenured people are leaving Gusto and this tells you something. It is very draining to have to answer back to back calls dealing with angry customers all day. It's taking a mental toll on the employees.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

Smart and friendly coworkers. Excellent team culture

Cons

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2.0
20 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The product is genuinely good, too bad the same can’t be said for how they treat the people who sell it.

Cons

Leadership talks a big game about people-first culture but the reality doesn’t match. The Chicago office expansion felt like a poorly thought-out experiment, new hires were brought on without a clear long-term commitment, and layoffs came without warning, leaving people blindsided. Crossing a billion dollars in revenue and still cutting employees sends a clear message about where workers rank on the priority list. Remote work flexibility is also a glaring weakness. For a company selling HR software to modern businesses, their internal stance on where employees can work is surprisingly rigid and hypocritical. The “flexibility” messaging is mostly optics. The broader concern is the AI roadmap. The automation push feels less like an innovation strategy and more like a slow wind-down of the workforce. Employees aren’t blind to it, it creates anxiety and erodes trust. The culture of transparency they promote externally is largely a facade internally.

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