Does Glassdoor pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Glassdoor employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Glassdoor. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Glassdoor?

66% of Glassdoor employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Glassdoor 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Glassdoor?

Account Executive (74) , Sales (52) , Customer Success Manager (46) , Software Engineer (35) , Account Manager (32) , Senior Account Executive (27) , Sales Development Representative (26) , Enterprise Account Executive (24) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Marketing (16) , Employer Branding Specialist (15) , Intern (14) , Analyst (12) , Enterprise Account Manager (12) , Director (11)

What are the pros of working at Glassdoor according to real employee reviews?

"Glassdoor walks the walk and talks the talk in terms of hiring truly great people." ((in 218 reviews)); "Benefits are great!" ((in 113 reviews)); "Great work life balance!" ((in 61 reviews)); "Glassdoor was a great place to work, but leadership made poor decisions around the direction of the products." ((in 57 reviews)); "I was lucky with a great manager (not true for everyone :( )" ((in 44 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Glassdoor according to real employee reviews?

"The biggest con for me is the low salaries" ((in 17 reviews)); "Management training needed: sales management would welcome additional training" ((in 14 reviews)); "Lack of diversity." ((in 8 reviews)); "Leadership only pretends to be transparent and supportive, favoritism, lots of turnover, poor communication between departments makes your work harder than it has to be, babysitting and making sure other people do their job right, passive" ((in 4 reviews)); "2. Top management is trying to do a good thing and raise a problem of diversity and inclusion, but it feels like there is more concentration on hire new people instead of making a place comfortable for existing one" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Glassdoor layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Glassdoor layoffs and their outlook for job security at Glassdoor in 2026.

Glassdoor reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,112 total reviews)

Owen Humphries

84% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Glassdoor has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,112 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Glassdoor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews

4.0

Jul 22, 2020

Leads with transparency & empathy

Product designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Employees are given autonomy, flexibility, and trust. I feel trusted to get my work done as well as take care of things in my personal life without guilt. - Leadership is transparent and empathetic when making decisions - Awesome benefits including unlimited PTO, fully covered health insurance, cell phone reimbursement, etc. - An industry leader in response to COVID-19 - mandatory Work from Home was enacted in early March 2020, weeks before other companies took this action. We also got to take office chairs, monitors, and other equipment home or expensed as needed.

Cons

- A lot of bumpy change. There's no doubt the past 6 months have been unprecedented, but besides macroeconomic & public health conditions, there's been a lot of internal reorganization. In many cases it felt that leaders were too quick to enact change and didn't consider the possible fallout. - I think it speaks highly of a company that many employees have a long tenure with the company. However, there tends to be an attitude of "we've tried that before" or "that didn't work before" when folks with less tenure make recommendations. New & diverse perspectives should be sought, acknowledged, and valued. - I wish 401k match was more in line with industry standard (full match up to 4%)

Glassdoor Response

5y

Thanks for taking the time to leave your thorough review! The two words you used to headline your experience –– transparency and empathy –– are two of the values we strive for each day, and we’re thrilled to read that you have seen and felt them practiced during your time with us. We take pride in a high-trust, high-accountability work from home culture, and encourage our employees to implement a workflow that supports their life. You’re right –– the past 6 months have been full of change, and we’ve needed to adapt in ways we hadn’t originally planned for when 2020 began. As we work to be even more transparent with our employee feedback, we hope one of the benefits is that less-tenured employees have the opportunity to have their voices heard, and that our leadership is held accountable for hearing the feedback of all employees –– not just those who have been with Glassdoor the longest. Additionally, our People Team is working on building a new, robust manager training program that will address many of your concerns head-on. Thanks again for your review, and we’re looking forward to lots more impactful work together!

1.0

Jul 21, 2020

Big joke

Sales chicago

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Worked with some really goof people in Chicago - many let go like myself.

Cons

CEO who is unqualified and never should have been running the company. Who put this joker in place? So awkward when he speaks - really know nothing. Why is he still there when 300 of us were let go? He lied to us. A website that is slow and not easy to navigate.

4.0

Jul 21, 2020

Great place to learn and grow

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits, great staff, diverse workforce, open to all technology (no one-size-fits -all approach)

Cons

Old technology, slow to innovate, lots of product churn and changes in direction

Glassdoor Response

5y

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We’re pleased to hear your feedback regarding our employee benefits, Good People, and diverse backgrounds. While 2020 has had its share of unpredictability, we feel that our product innovation is stronger than ever. We are committed to strengthening our reputation as the best place in the world to go for employer branding and insights, which has led to innovative leaps in D&I and remote work data that will be released later this year. We’re excited for our new direction at Glassdoor as we focus back on our roots of being the platform that provides radical transparency for job seekers.

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