Is C3 AI a good company to work for?

C3 AI has an overall rating of 3.0 out of 5, based on over 927 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 15% over the last 12 months. 42% of employees would recommend working at C3 AI to a friend and 29% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about C3 AI have been left by employees working as Forward Deployed Engineer , Senior Software Engineer and Solutions Engineer .

Does C3 AI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, C3 AI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at C3 AI. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at C3 AI?

42% of C3 AI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated C3 AI 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at C3 AI?

Software Engineer (86) , Data Scientist (50) , Senior Software Engineer (32) , Forward Deployed Engineer (29) , Solutions Engineer (22) , Solution Engineer (19) , Director (17) , Product Manager (17) , QA Automation Engineer (10) , Senior Data Scientist (10) , Senior Director, Strategic Solutions (10) , Engineer (9) , Sales (9) , Delivery Manager (8) , Manager (7)

What are the pros of working at C3 AI according to real employee reviews?

"People are smart and eager to help." ((in 144 reviews)); "Great teams to work with" ((in 49 reviews)); "The culture is collaborative." ((in 47 reviews)); "Very experienced and smart coworkers." ((in 41 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 28 reviews))

What are the cons of working at C3 AI according to real employee reviews?

"No work from home policy" ((in 47 reviews)); "The culture and the poor management." ((in 30 reviews)); "Literally no work life balance." ((in 18 reviews)); "Long hours and demanding expectations" ((in 16 reviews)); "The CEO is also disrespectful towards other companies and other people in both public interviews and internal discussions, including when those other people are employees of his company." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about C3 AI layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about C3 AI layoffs and their outlook for job security at C3 AI in 2026.

What are the top reviewed C3 AI locations?

Redwood City , Tysons Corner , New York , San Francisco , Chicago , Houston , San Mateo , Washington , Boston , McLean , Redwood Shores , Austin , Atlanta , Berkeley , San Jose , Santa Clara , Portland , Sarasota , Foster City

C3 AI reviews

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2.0

Mar 2, 2021

Forward deployed engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- The people you directly work with are amazing, kind, and intelligent. It has been an incredible and humbling experience over the past few years to work with people who are are both so talented and yet willing to lend a helping hand when they're already very busy. - Problems can be very challenging which makes it engaging. - People, again. I cannot overemphasize how amazing the people you work directly with are at C3ai. That is the main factor that has kept me at this company.

Cons

-Leadership does not show enough concern for their employees despite saying the employees are the company's greatest asset. - Leadership have been trying to get employees back to the office since last June (after refusing to allow WFH until just about every other company had their employees working from home for a week or more). Each time, as cases rapidly increased, they pushed the return to office date back. They even got the company labeled an "essential business" so they could reopen offices despite employees doing a great job from the safety of their own residence. - Several employees have left over the past year due to the company's handling of the pandemic and how employees are treated while others are looking for new roles. I fear that the very people that make this such a special place will leave due to the leadership's lack of concern for their employees. -You will work long hours and, usually, at least some weekends. Most employees do not mind, but if this is something that you are not okay with, this is probably not the place for you. -Employees are scared to speak up, especially to leadership. This is exactly why so many mark negative reviews as helpful but do not post their own. The leadership do not ask employees to leave positive reviews, but they have said things like glassdoor reviews are very important for our growth and "investors look at glassdoor", implying that employee stock values are tied to how positive the reviews on glassdoor are. This is why there are a number of reviews from late Nov/early Dec around the IPO and in the past week.

C3 AI Response

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It is true that, consistent with Glassdoor-provided best practices, we have always encouraged employees to post on Glassdoor. We have never asked employees to leave positive reviews. As it relates to COVID, C3 AI has always and continues to adopt best-practice protocols globally. In response to COVID, all office operations were closed globally beginning in March 17, 2020. Beginning on that date, 100% of C3 AI employees worked from home. The great majority of C3 AI employees still work from home today, some 13 months later. As C3 AI is a critical infrastructure provider, beginning in June 1, 2020, some employees began to work in the Redwood City headquarters office on a strictly voluntary basis in compliance with local regulations. In addition to encouraging all employees to get vaccinated and the adoption of best-practice protocol guidelines provided by the CDC and State of California, C3 AI provides mandatory Shield T3 saliva PCR testing twice a week for all employees who work from headquarters. The Shield T3 protocol identifies the presence of COVID before a person becomes infectious, essentially guaranteeing a safe working environment. There have been no positive Shield T3 COVID test results at C3 AI. All C3 AI offices continue to operate in compliance with best-practices and local regulations.

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5.0

Jul 3, 2026

Sr site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best team I worked with. Keep learning new tech.

Cons

Not too much. Company is still not profit.

2.0

Jun 1, 2026

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart and talented colleagues with strong problem-solving skills. Opportunity to work on large-scale enterprise applications for Fortune 500 customers across industries such as manufacturing, supply chain, energy, and defense. Exposure to AI/ML-driven business applications and complex data integration challenges. Fast-paced environment with significant ownership and opportunities to contribute across the stack. Employees on platform and infrastructure teams can gain experience with distributed systems, backend services, and core platform development. Competitive compensation and exposure to high-impact customer-facing projects.

Cons

Much of the application development work relies on C3.ai's proprietary Type System and platform abstractions rather than widely adopted industry frameworks. Skills gained in some application-focused roles may not transfer as directly to companies that primarily use Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS-native services, or other mainstream technologies. Engineers looking to build expertise in designing scalable systems from scratch may find fewer opportunities, as many platform capabilities are already provided by the underlying framework. Technical growth can vary significantly depending on the team. Platform teams often work with core technologies, while application teams may spend more time configuring and extending existing platform functionality. The learning curve for the internal platform can be steep, and much of that knowledge is specific to the C3.ai ecosystem. Career development and marketability outside the company may depend heavily on the nature of the projects and teams an engineer is assigned to.

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