Does Alpaca pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Alpaca employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Alpaca. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Alpaca?

70% of Alpaca employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Alpaca 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Alpaca?

Software Engineer (11) , Anonymous (2) , Operations (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2)

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

"friendly colleague, comfortable environment, good menter" ((in 4 reviews)); "Excellent company and team." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"There have been many layoffs." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Alpaca layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Alpaca locations?

San Mateo , New York , San Francisco , Chicago , Canada

Alpaca reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

68% positive business outlook

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Alpaca has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alpaca employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

53 reviews

3.0

Jan 19, 2024

Software Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good environment - Great Team

Cons

- Too much micromanagement - Lot of hierarchy

3.0

Sep 23, 2025

A few great people, interesting customers and work, unstable company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Remote work - A few great people - Opportunity to be involved in interesting work and customers

Cons

- Leadership team have poor management skills and expect employees to always figure things out without any guidance or vague instructions - Always expected to go above and beyond your job description without appreciation or any reward - Lost of lay offs and high employee turnover terminate people for no reason - Minimal raises or promotions but workload and responsibilities always increasing - No performance reviews - Very bad severance package and termination process - Minimal investments into culture or employee well being

5.0

Mar 5, 2024

good

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

this is a really good company

Cons

no bad reviews, they are good people

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