Bring Your Own Team Update: BYOT Is Being Sunset (2017)

The update is at the bottom:

> Update: After spending about a year on the BYOT experiment, we’ve decided to sunset it. In short, it didn’t work; we didn’t hire any teams as a result.

> There were a few reasons for this, which we learned along the way. First, coordinating multiple career moves at once is even more logistically tricky than we realized. Many candidates who considered BYOT ended up applying as individuals. Second, much of the interest in BYOT came from talented teams in countries where Stripe isn’t yet ready or able to hire full-time employees. We’re excited to be in touch with some of these teams again when we expand to their home countries.

> We’ll be taking much of what we learned through this experiment and applying it to our standard hiring process. For example, many candidates appreciated the explicit guidance for what to expect when interviewing, and the timeline on which to expect it. We’re also still open to allowing multiple candidates who know each other to apply at the same time, without the BYOT structure; if you’re interested, come talk to us. While we’re sorry this experiment didn’t work out, we’re never done tweaking and improving our hiring process. If you’ve got suggestions, let us know!