Does Castlight pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Castlight employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Castlight. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Castlight?

68% of Castlight employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Castlight 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Castlight?

Sales (14) , Software Engineer (11) , Director (10) , Senior Software Engineer (10) , Manager (9) , Product Manager (8) , Regional Sales Manager (8) , User Support Specialist (8) , Customer Success Manager (7) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (6) , Customer Service Representative (5) , Lead Engineer (5) , Software Development Engineer (5) , Customer Success (4) , Marketing (4)

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

"The people are great" ((in 80 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 34 reviews)); "There is great leadership and mentoring from managers and even colleagues." ((in 28 reviews)); "very smart team in HQ" ((in 25 reviews)); "Good work life balance and colleagues." ((in 23 reviews))

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

"Recent layoffs put a damper on company morale for sure." ((in 10 reviews)); "It’s all playing favoritism." ((in 6 reviews)); "no upward evaluation mechanism leads to a cycle of bad managers promoting and/or protecting bad employees." ((in 5 reviews)); "Please miss so much work!!!" ((in 4 reviews)); "CEO uses bullying and fear based leadership and is terrible at org building and people management." ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Castlight layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Castlight locations?

San Francisco , Charlotte , Sandy , Sunnyvale , Salt Lake City , New York , Dallas , Atlanta , Chicago , Austin , Mountain View , Boston , Lehi , Alexandria , Midwest , Minneapolis , Cincinnati , Los Angeles , Greenbrae , Philadelphia , Remote

Castlight reviews

4.1

68% would recommend to a friend

(294 total reviews)

Maeve OMeara

90% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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Castlight has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 294 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Castlight 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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294 reviews

2.0

Dec 4, 2013

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and salary, location, potentially exciting space. Some employees honestly believe in what the company is supposed to be doing. Executives do a great job of making employees think things are on the right path.

Cons

Unapologetically disorganized - 12 month roadmaps don't mean anything. Too focus on sales - our users regular tell us what's wrong and we won't fix it. These overly positive reviews - as someone who works there and haven't bought into the culture, I can tell you these reviews were "encouraged" by HR and managers. Inexperienced staff - CLH is a lot of people's first job out of college so they have no idea how a company should be run.

1.0

May 18, 2020

Castlight needed ventilator long before COVID 19

Operations

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CEO approval

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Pros

Passionate coworkers to work with

Cons

Overcompensated, indecisive upper management. Layoffs are an indicator of leadership failure. Current difficulties cannot be solely blamed on COVID crisis as it is highlighting existing weaknesses.

2.0

Nov 16, 2019

Sinking company with poor leadership

Engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great front line folks, nice office location, snacks.

Cons

General favoritism is rampant across all functions. Just look at all the promotions even at executive and senior leadership level. It is funny and sad to see how people who have tanked this company are getting promoted to executive leadership positions. Poor quality code and tech stack. Severe morale issue with front line engineers. Heard even product managers are bailing ship given how poor leaders are making decisions. High attrition all around.

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