Does Crunchyroll pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Crunchyroll employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Crunchyroll. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Crunchyroll?

57% of Crunchyroll employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Crunchyroll 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Crunchyroll?

Senior Software Engineer (14) , Software Engineer (14) , Director (5) , Marketing (5) , Project Manager (5) , Manager (4) , Product Manager (4) , Analyst (3) , Anonymous (3) , Vice President (3) , Customer Service Representative (2) , Employee (2) , Engineer (2) , Engineering (2) , Intern (2)

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

"Working at CR you get to meet some really great people with the same interests." ((in 31 reviews)); "• Benefits and office perks are great." ((in 17 reviews)); "The culture was amazing, Their core values were strong, and they followed them daily" ((in 16 reviews)); "There used to be great coworkers passionate about the product and fun to work with" ((in 15 reviews)); "The office is great, and really dog friendly (huge plusses in my book)." ((in 12 reviews))

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

"Senior leadership is fostering a culture a of distrust and fear." ((in 18 reviews)); "Teams consistently face layoffs while still suffering from overwork after the previous round of layoffs, and no one is able to get assistance because everyone is equally overworked." ((in 17 reviews)); "Upper management and executives are ignorant about who is actually competent versus who is barely qualified to make coffee." ((in 12 reviews)); "Was told creepy manager was going to be fired." ((in 8 reviews)); "low pay" ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Crunchyroll layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Crunchyroll locations?

San Francisco , Los Angeles , Dallas , Culver City , Coppell , Brooklyn , Omaha , Texas City , Daly City , Pleasant Hill , Dallas-Fort Worth

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Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Crunchyroll reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(240 total reviews)

Rahul Purini

53% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Crunchyroll has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 240 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Crunchyroll employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

240 reviews

5.0

May 4, 2022

Cool company, great teammates

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- inspiring work environment - nice team - growth opportunities - many additional perks and benefits

Cons

quite thorough interviewing process, so you need to be patient ;)

5.0

May 3, 2022

Happy to be part of Crunchyroll

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary. Interesting projects to work on. Friendly working atmosphere. Good professionals.

Cons

Sometimes slow decisions and a bit of bureaucracy.

4.0

Apr 15, 2022

Good people, good fun

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Have one of the best bosses of my whole career Company is in a building phase which is more fun than maintaining For the most part co-workers are smart, hardworking, and just want to do good things for users and the company. Less ego than at most tech/entertainment companies Anime is becoming more and more important to the entertainment landscape

Cons

Like at all companies there are some difficult people

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