Does NVIDIA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NVIDIA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at NVIDIA. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at NVIDIA?

90% of NVIDIA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated NVIDIA 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NVIDIA?

Software Engineer (457) , Senior Software Engineer (292) , Systems Software Engineer (149) , Intern (131) , ASIC Engineer (122) , Process Executive (114) , Senior Systems Software Engineer (93) , Hardware Engineer (87) , Senior Hardware Engineer (69) , Senior Engineer (61) , Engineer (60) , Senior ASIC Design Engineer (60) , Senior ASIC Engineer (59) , System Software Engineer (59) , Verification Engineer (48)

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

"Great culture around designing the highest performance products based on what can be done verses what is "good enough"." ((in 531 reviews)); "People are great and friendly." ((in 432 reviews)); "Pay and work life balance is good" ((in 329 reviews)); "good benefits and very considerate" ((in 318 reviews)); "good work culture and policies" ((in 316 reviews))

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

"Bad manager he was mean!" ((in 123 reviews)); "Sometimes you have to work long hours and not very well compensated." ((in 62 reviews)); "Sometimes work life balance can be hard to maintain" ((in 39 reviews)); "Incompetent middle management" ((in 14 reviews)); "Favoritism is big time." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about NVIDIA layoffs in 2026?

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

NVIDIA reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,508 total reviews)

Jensen Huang

98% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

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NVIDIA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,508 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NVIDIA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews

5.0

Apr 9, 2013

Great company

Dev tech engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, location, and work environment. People worked very well with spatially diverse teams.

Cons

I have some mixed feelings being an engineer in a smaller satellite office.

2.0

Mar 23, 2013

Used to be good company to work for but not anymore

Senior design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Fast decision making -Flexible work hours -CEO has good vision but people under him not able to execute in same way

Cons

-Most of the Managers are junk ,neither technical sound nor have any managerial skills -Nvidia used to hire best talent but recently all good guys are leaving and mostly dumb guys are joining -HR has very less role ,no feedback mechanism . -No growth in IC ladder everything highly skewed towards Managerial ladder -Pathetic local center leadership ( Bangalore) don't have any vision just trying to make it like other outsourcing center

4.0

Nov 25, 2012

Good company and good people but advancement and raises are tough

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Intelligent, nice, and honest people - Cool products and potential growth - Like a giant startup - Open and intellectually honest culture

Cons

- Raises and promotions are few and far between - Long hrs and lots of work - CEO is brilliant but a bit cheap so facilities and operations are cheap and often broken - No 401K matching, no accrued vacation, no gym, etc.

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