Is Audible a good company to work for?

Audible has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 923 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 58% of employees would recommend working at Audible to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Audible have been left by employees working as Software Development Engineer Intern , Director and Customer Service Representative .

Does Audible pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Audible employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Audible. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Audible?

58% of Audible employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Audible 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Audible?

Software Engineer (41) , Software Development Engineer (33) , Customer Service Representative (18) , Manager (13) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (13) , Director (12) , Software Development Engineer Intern (12) , Marketing (11) , Product Manager (11) , Software Development Engineer II (11) , Intern (9) , Senior Product Manager (9) , Working Student (9) , Senior Manager (8) , Software Engineer(Internship) (7)

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

"Great people to work with" ((in 94 reviews)); "Good benefits and good WLB." ((in 60 reviews)); "Has a good Work life balance" ((in 47 reviews)); "office is well decorated and the free food is good" ((in 47 reviews)); "the pay is good" ((in 26 reviews))

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

"Senior Leadership / Directors should be held accountable for everything they do and say." ((in 37 reviews)); "Senior management are C" ((in 14 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 9 reviews)); "Morale here seems incredibly low, especially after the layoffs in Jan 2024." ((in 8 reviews)); "no career growth" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Audible layoffs in 2026?

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

What Audible locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Cambridge , New York , Boston , Newark

Audible reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(645 total reviews)

Bob Carrigan

53% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Audible has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 645 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Audible employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

645 reviews

1.0

Mar 30, 2017

Fall from Grace

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Then - Almost everyone I worked with when I joined worked for a cause. They believed in the awesomeness of the product and the amazing company Audible was - The CROWN JEWEL OF AMAZON - that valued what everyone had to say. The culture was open and without walls - just like the Audible floors with no cubicles or offices.

Cons

Now - The openness ends at no offices or cubicles. Autocratic,where a handful of people make all the decisions. And for everyone else it's a cycle of Live, Die, Repeat

1.0

Dec 3, 2016

New leadership needed to improve work culture and attract talents

Product marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Free lunch - Weekly happy hour - Gym/commuting reimbursement - Amazon RSU - Some really smart and helpful people but it's hard to seek them out in a very political culture

Cons

- Lack of visionary product leaders - High turnover - Constant change in strategy from upper management - Lack of transparency given the hierarchal org structure - HR is not to be trusted with any concerns or bullying you might experience - No clear career path and very random/inconsistent promotions based on relationships rather than metrics and output - Internal transfer policy can be improved, Google "Amazon employee suicide"

3.0

Feb 6, 2024

Loved it ... not Anymore. Changing to Amazon culture very surely

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I actually really enjoyed working here when I first joined. Good tech, use amazon tools, learn AWS, good culture. Experience depends highly on your manager but honestly just find out who the good managers are once you're here and switch to them, best way to be happy and it rewards the right people. I got lucky with a good one when I started.

Cons

Amazon culture creep. Required to put out " 1 code review a day" to get merged starting last month; amazon does this too- coding monkey vibes. Also, they track your badge swipes and will lay you off if you do not meet policy for a few months (fair I guess). Some people have terrible wlb, some are good. Depends on your manager. What is really sad is that the company had a great year and we reached and outperformed all our goals, but they still are doing layoffs which is really bad (you can verify this online). At least if the company isn't doing well it makes sense, but it's just bad morale, bad vibes rn. They are worried about competition (if you know which company, rhymes with codify)

Audible Response

2y

We’re sorry to hear about your experience at Audible. We believe that communication is critical to creating real, positive change. We also want our employees to be surrounded by colleagues that are compassionate and inspirational. We will continue to live up to our values, and listen.

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