Yepoda

Korean skincare for Europe
Last updated:
January 31, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
100-499
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Retail & Consumer
About the company
Yepoda is a K-beauty skincare startup selling mindfully produced products made in South Korea, with a sustainability-first positioning (vegan and cruelty-free are repeatedly stated in role copy). The company launched in 2020 and describes a fast-scaling team with 110+ employees and 30+ nationalities. Public hiring materials emphasise structured recruiting, including a defined interview journey that ends with a co-founder conversation. Yepoda also explicitly offers internships and working-student roles as part of early-talent hiring.
Locations and presence
Yepoda runs a hybrid model anchored around a Berlin office, with up to two days a week from home and a small annual allowance for fully remote working. The company sells across Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States, and some roles support market expansion work outside Germany.
Palpable Score
60.3
/ 100
Yepoda makes early-career entry more realistic than many consumer startups by advertising internships, working-student roles, and multiple “junior” job titles, backed by a clearly described interview flow and response promises. The score is held back by uneven pay transparency and thin independent evidence on progression outcomes, with public reviews flagging weak career opportunities.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

14.0
/ 20
  • The company publicly states that internships and working-student roles are part of hiring, which creates genuine entry points beyond “2–4 years required.”
  • Yepoda has advertised junior roles such as Junior Customer Care & Community Manager and junior marketing roles, signalling that “first or second job” hiring happens in practice.
  • The company’s live openings skew toward experienced managers in several functions, so early-career access exists but does not look broad across every team at all times.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

16.0
/ 20
  • The company publishes a four-step process (talent acquisition interview, case study, hiring-manager and team interview, then a founder interview) so candidates know what’s coming.
  • Yepoda also sets expectations on timing and communication, including confirmation on application and an update promise within roughly two weeks, plus a commitment to notify rejected applicants.
  • The company uses case studies but does not timebox the expected effort publicly, which can create avoidable burden, especially for students and junior applicants.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.3
/ 20
  • The company includes internship-first-person quotes describing project ownership plus “plenty of support,” which is a concrete early-career learning signal.
  • Yepoda describes a hybrid, office-led working setup and frequent team time, which can make on-the-job learning easier than fully async environments for new starters.
  • The company does not publish consistent onboarding, mentoring, or manager-coaching commitments across roles, so support likely varies by team.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

9.7
/ 20
  • The company offers practical benefits that help early-career stability, including sports membership options, team events, and employee product access.
  • Yepoda job ads reviewed usually do not publish salary ranges, which reduces pay confidence for juniors trying to benchmark fairness before investing time.
  • The company has at least one junior role posting that includes an explicit salary band, but coverage is not consistent across roles and markets.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

8.3
/ 20
  • The company has a small public review base where “career opportunities” is rated low, which is a negative outcome signal even though the sample size is limited.
  • Yepoda has limited public promotion and retention evidence for 0–3 year hires (for example, few visible “junior to mid” stories or cohort-style growth write-ups), which caps confidence on outcomes.
  • The company’s LinkedIn presence highlights growth and continued hiring, but that does not substitute for tracked early-career progression data over 12–24 months.

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