Quickly heading down a slippery slope.. - Account Executive Tipalti Employee Review

2.0
13 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits, solid pay in comparison to the market overall. Exceptional colleagues who provided excellent support

Cons

Tipalti has now made lay offs in 2023 and 2025. Whilst businesses often take this route, particularly in tech, Tipalti went on a poorly planned hiring spree in 2024 which has left many people in engineering and sales without jobs. The hiring in 2024 was evidently poorly planned and thought out. You would not be walking into a secure jobs by any means if you take a role here. Tipalti positions itself as a premium product stack, however it being caught up to at a rapid pace by newcomers in the market. There’s a lack of innovation at Tipalti, who seem to think their name brand can carry them over the line in specific deals. It’s simply not the case. Products are often released when they don’t work and the product team seems to take an age to release anything of value. The UK team has famously waited for cards to be released for nearly 3 years, with product regularly telling us “next quarter”, so much so it became a running joke in most circles. There’s a lack of accountability within the product teams and this is now becoming a glaring issue as the company evaluates its future plans. The main problem with Tipalti is it inability to onboard new customers. Time and time again new customers churn as a result of poorly planned and poorly executed implementations. The onboarding team is measured by how fast it can onboard a prospect, which is counter intuitive as it doesn’t allow for the time and space for clients to get up and running at their own pace and do the due diligence required. Combine this with poor products that often break and you have a recipe for disaster. Don’t expect to receive any commissions if you work here in sales. Your pay depends on the client fully onboarding to the platform and passing KYC, both of which are ultimately out of your control. After recent layoffs, we now have a huge office with barely anybody in it. Your attendance is noted and reported to the office of the CEO (this has been confirmed). It’s an utterly bizarre scenario and shows the level of mistrust and lack of that can exist. Finally, and I say this honestly, I wouldn’t consider joining Tipalti at this time. The company is on a downward spiral. Products are not being improved, product rollouts are consistently delayed, layoffs happen frequently, you will be forced to work in an office with about 6 people in it and, most importantly (if you work in sales) you have no control over your commission. There’s plenty of other upcoming competitors where you will find a much better home.

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5.0
10 May 2025
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Pros

Great job to start with

Cons

Low salary for the job

2.0
18 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good people. My direct manager was excellent and very supportive. Free lunch when in office. Health benefits are okay.

Cons

There have been numerous layoffs, and overall it feels incredibly unstable. The product has a lot of issues, which makes the onboarding role much harder than it needs to be. When deadlines are missed, leadership tends to blame the onboarding team, even when you’re doing everything you’re supposed to and the challenges are outside your control. It doesn't help that the Product has a lot of issues, and leadership will push on us to sell on more product features, that will make implementation even longer and the features are not ready to be used by customers. Sales regularly overpromises to customers, then avoids accountability when those expectations can’t realistically be met. Most process changes seem to benefit Sales while making onboarding even more difficult. Pay is below industry standard, and as a result, many of the strong employees don’t stick around for long. While my coworkers are great, it seemed like everyone was miserable. Always complaining about customers, leadership, turnover, layoffs, low pay, and questionable policies. It's not a healthy work environment, and leadership needs to introduce changes immediately if they want to attract and retain talent. Performance is heavily data-driven, which isn’t inherently a bad thing. However, evaluations tend to focus too narrowly on metrics like average implementation time, without fully considering the many factors outside an employee’s control that impact results. As a result, overall performance and contributions don’t always feel fairly assessed.

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