Company details

HEADCOUNT

100-499

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Retail & Consumer

WEBSITE

https://www.offerup.com

About the company

OfferUp runs a consumer marketplace app where people buy and sell locally, spanning categories like electronics, furniture, and cars. The company also operates “OfferUp for Business,” which sells tools for local businesses and service providers to reach customers through the marketplace. OfferUp’s hiring footprint looks lean right now, with a small set of corporate openings visible on the company’s public job board.

Locations and presence

OfferUp is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with hybrid roles tied to that office and some roles open to remote locations in specific US states. OfferUp also hires internationally for some engineering roles (for example, remote roles listed for parts of Latin America).

Palpable Score

53.8

/ 100

OfferUp’s early-career story is held back mainly by limited entry-level access in the current job slate, which is dominated by senior roles. Where OfferUp scores better is benefits and baseline stability for full-time employees, but outcomes and progression for juniors are hard to verify from public evidence.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

9.2

/ 20

The company’s current corporate openings skew senior (for example, Staff Software Development Engineer and Senior Data Scientist), which narrows entry points for 0–3 year candidates.

OfferUp’s public job board shows a small number of total open roles at once, which limits the odds of finding a true junior opening at any given time.

The company has some “level” roles (for example, Software Development Engineer II), but the visible requirements are not framed for graduates or first-job applicants.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

11.2

/ 20

The company has a trackable interview funnel on major review platforms, including reported timelines for time-to-hire, which helps candidates benchmark what “normal” looks like.
OfferUp has multiple candidate reports of multi-step processes that can include cases or technical rounds, with uneven feedback quality depending on role.
The company has credible public reports of slow follow-through in some processes, which is particularly costly for early-career applicants who need fast closure.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

10.8

/ 20

The company publicly lists an annual career development allowance, which is a practical learning support signal if managers encourage juniors to use it.
OfferUp highlights team-wide rhythms and community practices (like regular all-team events), but the public materials are light on structured onboarding or pairing for new grads.
The company’s job descriptions that are publicly visible focus heavily on delivery and ownership, with limited explicit commitments to coaching (for example, named mentorship or a ramp plan).

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.8

/ 20

The company publicly lists substantial benefits such as 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision, which improves financial stability for early-career hires.
OfferUp lists retirement support (401(k) with a match) plus an equity program, which are stronger signals than “perks-only” benefit pages.
The company rarely publishes salary ranges directly on postings in a way that can be checked consistently, so pay transparency caps the score even with solid benefits.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

8.8

/ 20

The company has mixed employee sentiment on public review platforms, which makes outcomes for juniors hard to treat as consistently positive.
OfferUp has public reporting around significant layoffs in recent years, which raises questions about early-career retention and role stability during resets.
The company has limited publicly verifiable promotion or cohort outcomes for early-career hires (for example, no published intern conversion rates or clear junior progression pathways).

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