Does Cockroach Labs pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cockroach Labs employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cockroach Labs. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cockroach Labs?

65% of Cockroach Labs employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cockroach Labs 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cockroach Labs?

Software Engineer (10) , Member Of Technical Staff (9) , Account Executive (5) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (4) , Sales (3) , Sales Engineer (3) , Enterprise Account Executive (2) , People Team (2) , Senior Manager (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Software Engineer(Internship) (2) , Technical Support Engineer (2)

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

"great place and people would recommend" ((in 17 reviews)); "Great people and culture too" ((in 16 reviews)); "Great work life balance." ((in 6 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 4 reviews)); "Pay is competitive." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"Management saying that attrition is normal for industry is not fooling anyone, as people see their strongest colleagues leave or get sacked." ((in 5 reviews)); "Running out of money, Product too niche and difficult to deploy, Leadership checked out and detached from business." ((in 5 reviews)); "Attrition and additional layoffs should be anticipated." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cockroach Labs layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Cockroach Labs locations?

New York , Austin , Atlanta , Chicago , Seattle

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Cockroach Labs reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(93 total reviews)

Spencer Kimball

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

Cockroach Labs has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 93 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cockroach Labs 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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Reviews by job title

93 reviews

1.0

Sep 13, 2025

Toxic management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

· Good office vibe. · Some people are nice. · Interesting work.

Cons

· Toxic management, especially the Canada site lead. · Keep seeing colleagues randomly disappear. · Engineers are treated like "cockroaches”, forcing you to fight for your own survival. · The codebase is unmanageable. People add complicated code without any thought for maintainability. (Check out the GitHub repository to see for yourself.)

5.0

Apr 29, 2025

Wonderful place to work

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great technology, company culture, benefits, and office.

Cons

-Technology is difficult to sell -Difficult numbers to hit

5.0

Apr 24, 2025

Cockroach Labs one of the best places to work

Senior sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent Management Path to explore potential career aspirations

Cons

Open source to Source available

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