Wise
Wise Compensation & Benefits
Frequently Asked Questions
Our global offerings include:
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs): Granted alongside your salary so everyone can take ownership and share in our success.
- Paid sabbatical: 6 weeks’ paid time off plus £1,000 in financial support after 4 years of service at Wise.
- Work from anywhere: Work virtually from (almost) anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year after your first 6 months.
- Me Days: 3 days per year to help you manage your personal life and wellbeing (prorated in your first year).
Employee Assistance Program: Free, confidential 24/7 support over the phone, online, or face-to-face for mental health, financial, or legal guidance. - Professional development fund: A dedicated yearly allowance to spend on boosting your skills and growing your career.
- Flexible working: Company-wide and team-specific flexibility principles, with new joiners in the office most days for their first 6 months.
- Mission Days: Global connection events held each year to network, build relationships, and collaborate with Wisers around the world.
- Employee Referral Scheme: A financial bonus reward paid for all successful hires found through your personal network.
- Volunteering day: 1 paid day off each year to volunteer with a socially responsible organization of your choice.
- Social get-togethers: A monthly "fun budget" of £30 (or local currency equivalent) per Wiser to connect with your team in person or virtually.
For our local benefit breakdown, visit our career page!
Stock at Wise is a long‑term incentive that makes Wisers owners in our mission. Alongside your salary and benefits, it’s a core part of your total compensation.
Owning stock at Wise allows you to be a true owner of the product you are building! It also offers flexibility in managing your finances, as they can be held or sold for cash based on your personal financial goals.
Every role at Wise has an agreed amount of Restricted Stock Units that are offered as a part of the candidate's compensation package which vest over a period of 4 years.
The value of any stock can go up or down depending on how investors feel about the company, market trends, and several other factors. Therefore, the work that we do here and our contributions to our mission have real world implications, and that is reflected in the market.
Wise's Candidate Tradeoffs
If you’re weighing whether Wise is the right fit, these are the core tradeoffs to consider.
- Wise offers generous PTO and vacation to support balance and recharge time, though that requires thoughtful coordination across teams.
What People Are Saying About Wise
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Equity Value & Accessibility: Equity is granted to all employees via time‑based RSUs/stock awards, aligning staff with company performance. This broad accessibility makes ownership a core part of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth: Policies include a global minimum of 33–36 paid days off and a paid six‑week sabbatical after four years with a cash stipend. The sabbatical is positioned as a standard milestone benefit in addition to annual leave.
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Parental & Family Support: Wise commits to a minimum of 18 weeks’ fully paid parental leave for birth or adoption across many offices. Eligibility rules and tenure may apply by location while maintaining a companywide minimum standard.
Wise's Benefits
Offers company equity
We offer everyone who works for us RSUs as we’re building Wise together and want you to share in the success of our $5 billion company on a mission.
Provides home-office stipend for remote employees
Although we don't offer fully remote working, all employees have access to a 'work from home allowance' to ensure they have the equipment set up they need to work from home.
Provides pay transparency
Provides relocation assistance
Offers generous parental leave
18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption, if you’ve been at Wise for 1+ year at the due date or adoption date. This applies regardless of gender.
Provides adoption assistance
Provides an onsite Mother's Room
Provides fertility benefits
Offers abortion travel benefits
Offers dental insurance
Offers Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Offers health insurance
If you’re a full-time employee, you’re eligible to enroll in insurance coverage within your first 30 days of employment
Offers mental health benefits
Our assistance programme provides 24/7 expert guidance and specialist support on any issue, from everyday matters to more serious problems that affect our employee’s wellbeing.
Offers pet insurance
Offers vision insurance
Offers 401(K)
Offers charitable contribution matching
Offers disability insurance
Wise will provide you with paid short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Offers life insurance
Provides 401(K) matching
You can start saving towards your retirement with our 401(k) plan where Wise will match 100% of your contributions from 1-2% and 50% of your contributions from 3-6%.
Provides a pension
