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

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3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

3.1

Work/Life balance

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).

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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

1.0

Dec 26, 2023

Sad outlook due to founders lack of experience running a company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Remote-only - Flexible time off - Good people around

Cons

- No job security. Entire product team was laid off for no reason. - No good financial outlook. Company had three series of layoffs in 18 months. - No competitve advantage. Competitors in the market keep taking clients away from Alpaca. - Founders. Founders are still running this as an 8-person startup.

5.0

Dec 19, 2023

Great place to wrok

Support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great benefits - Visionary leadership

Cons

- too many team-level meetings

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