Is Audible a good company to work for?

Audible has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 924 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 been stable over the past 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 95 reviews)); "Good benefits and good WLB." ((in 60 reviews)); "Has a good Work life balance" ((in 45 reviews)); "office is well decorated and the free food is good" ((in 45 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 15 reviews)); "no career growth" ((in 11 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 10 reviews)); "Product Managers come with half baked ideas and expect engineers to divine their intention and build it perfectly." ((in 4 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 are the top reviewed Audible locations?

Newark , Cambridge , New York , Jersey City , Boston , Los Angeles , San Francisco , San Jose , Pompton Plains , Chicago , Herndon , Saint Louis , Astoria , Brooklyn , Saginaw , Mexico , Dallas , Culver City , Tracy , Providence

Audible reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(645 total reviews)

Bob Carrigan

53% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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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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645 reviews

2.0

Jun 1, 2018

Gets old fast

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

+ Its an Amazon company provides you with experience of using Amazon tools & cloud computing. + Higher starting salary and better RSU signing bonus than Amazon for most people + Free food and booze + Transferring to Amazon is easy and you keep your RSUs. Amazon jobs in NYC, Jersey City & Seattle

Cons

- From the top, its a book publishing company first, technology is an after thought - Workplace culture is full of anxiety & stress - Unrealistic expectations of employees from management, only aggressive personalities make it long term - Promotions are rare, based on drinking koolaid and not on developing good software. Getting to Senior engineer takes more years compaired to Amazon.

1.0

Mar 10, 2017

It is better to work elsewhere, even just as a corp drone.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- free lunch and snacks - resume booster of having worked at an Amazon subsidiary will get you in the door of other jobs (but lasts only so long unless you can demonstrate your skills) - product is leader in its category

Cons

- painfully slow to no real progress - some mid-managers are driven by self interest and unwilling to learn - in some teams you will experience the explicit "be my yes man or you are out" attitude from manager making bad decisions; if you are servile, this is your place. - lots colleagues either acquiesce or give up improving the organization because of house of cards style politics and fear of personal financial and stability loss. - lack truly smart people that inspire real change - lack organizational accountability - some managers dismiss problems in the team only to use them as tools to manipulate and discipline unruly members

2.0

Sep 18, 2015

Leadership in Chaos - Avoid!!

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Free lunch, friendly people, reasonable hours (most of the time)

Cons

Most of your time will be spent as a pawn in the political infighting that takes place on a daily basis. Products take forever to launch, priorities change mid-sprint, secret projects happen all of the time, and there is generally a complete lack of transparency. Your role will change without any input from you whatsoever. Crony management prevents any upward career growth from happening.

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