Does Snap pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Snap employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Snap. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Snap?

48% of Snap employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Snap 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Snap?

Software Engineer (227) , Account Manager (52) , Intern (25) , Senior Software Engineer (24) , Account Executive (19) , Data Scientist (19) , Product Manager (18) , Machine Learning Engineer (17) , Research Intern (17) , Senior Account Manager (17) , Manager (16) , Engineer (15) , Designer (14) , Software Engineer Intern (12) , Graphic Designer (11)

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

"great benefits and especially great dental" ((in 187 reviews)); "Great people and super organized" ((in 162 reviews)); "culture was great and supportive" ((in 122 reviews)); "The pay is good on paper but wait until it drops 20% every single earnings." ((in 98 reviews)); "Free food for 3 meals a day when we were in the office and then daily post mates credit when we were working from home." ((in 63 reviews))

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

"Bad leadership: you're on your own" ((in 82 reviews)); "frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 41 reviews)); "Some really bad managers" ((in 23 reviews)); "Long hours and demanding workload." ((in 12 reviews)); "potential long hours, when they need you they need you there." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Snap layoffs in 2026?

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

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3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,185 total reviews)

Evan Spiegel

28% approve of CEO

19% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.5

Senior management

Snap has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,185 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Snap 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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1.0

Apr 17, 2026

Great compensation and coworkers overshadow poor leadership

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

free food, nice co workers, managers, great compensation

Cons

Bad leadership, they don’t know what they’re doing, they laid off 50% of our org and managers we lost decades of context, now people who are left have to extinguish fires. WE LOST ALL OUR ANDROID ENGINEERS?

2.0

Apr 16, 2026

Great pay and benefits overshadow toxic work culture

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

company offers Great pay and benefits

Cons

toxic work culture due to quarterly bonus and reviews

2.0

Apr 15, 2026

Decent pay and kind coworkers, but poor management

Engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay decent wlb kind coworkers

Cons

bad management and leadership no direction whatsoever stock down the drain

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