Does America's Test Kitchen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, America's Test Kitchen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at America's Test Kitchen. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at America's Test Kitchen?

48% of America's Test Kitchen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated America's Test Kitchen 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at America's Test Kitchen?

Assistant Editor (4) , Editor (4) , Software Engineer (4) , Test Cook (4) , Associate Editor (2) , Coordinator (2) , Marketing (2)

What are the pros of working at America's Test Kitchen according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with who are passionate and care about their work." ((in 13 reviews)); "Great work/life balance." ((in 4 reviews)); "Free food all the time" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at America's Test Kitchen according to real employee reviews?

"Terrible pay, lack of strategy, and cross" ((in 12 reviews)); "abysmal salary, rarely promote internally, antiquated business model" ((in 4 reviews)); "Also, the benefits are highly illusive." ((in 4 reviews)); "little to no room for growth, atrocious salary, mediocre benefits, not truly heard or respected by upper management." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about America's Test Kitchen layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed America's Test Kitchen locations?

Boston , Brookline , New York , Brookline Village , Ames

America's Test Kitchen reviews

3.0

48% would recommend to a friend

(65 total reviews)

Dan Suratt

Not enough data to show CEO approval

36% positive business outlook

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America's Test Kitchen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 65 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The America's Test Kitchen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

65 reviews

4.0

Aug 27, 2014

Good experience, but not returning

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Definitely a great experience. A good environment for growth. Amazing location.

Cons

Caddiness with some of the women who work there. HUGE gap between the test cooks and the executives. Terrible pay.

1.0

May 30, 2025

Juvenile and Petty Leadership

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the chefs and writers are highly dedicated and they are the real deal- strong HR team, good diversity, good perks.

Cons

The office is run by a pack of three goons. They have been together for decades at other jobs and they came to ATK thinking this would be easy work and they could make a quick buck for their parent company. Not the case. In the meantime they are very secretive, hold grudges and dont know how to motivate workers- they believe and their actions show it that workers are expendable.

5.0

Jul 22, 2020

Great company culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Excellent work/life balance (40 hour weeks, very minimal on-call) - Leadership is very competent and transparent - Remote flexibility for some teams (engineering team is 100% remote) - All the recipes you could ever want

Cons

- Not many of the hugely difficult engineering challenges that could pad your resume or put you on the front page of Hacker News

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