Does Ethos Life pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ethos Life employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ethos Life. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ethos Life?

82% of Ethos Life employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ethos Life 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ethos Life?

Software Engineer (14) , Product Manager (10) , Account Executive (5) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Customer Service (3) , Life Insurance Agent (3) , Manager (3) , Product Analyst (3) , Account Manager (2) , Anonymous (2) , Customer Engagement Specialist (2) , Customer Experience (2) , Customer Experience Analyst (2) , Customer Experience Associate (2) , Customer Service Representative (2)

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

"Great company culture, top notch technology, great leadership" ((in 15 reviews)); "Great work culture, people are approachable, fast growing and interesting work." ((in 14 reviews)); "Good Team to work with (Aspiring)" ((in 12 reviews)); "Great work culture" ((in 10 reviews)); "Management is supportive and genuinely invested in employee growth and well" ((in 9 reviews))

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

"frequent layoffs" ((in 9 reviews)); "Managers will use constant borderline emotionally abusive passive aggressive comments to try to drive you." ((in 6 reviews)); "Job security is not so much." ((in 5 reviews)); "From the ones I know personally, communication was almost non" ((in 5 reviews)); "Long hours." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ethos Life layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Ethos Life locations?

San Francisco , Austin , Houston , Boston , Bloomington , Illinois City , Ann Arbor , Raleigh , San Antonio , Costa Mesa , Los Angeles , Calimesa , Sacramento , Denver , Ellicott City , Tampa

Ethos Life reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(210 total reviews)

Peter Colis

88% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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Ethos Life has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 210 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Ethos Life employee rating is 20% above average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

210 reviews

4.0

Jan 27, 2021

Good company

Devops engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture, benefits and very friendly environment

Cons

Nothing as of now.. will update if any

4.0

Dec 1, 2020

You can build from scratch here

Engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Passionate people, ownership, 6 month performance reviews, hard working team members

Cons

At times can be too fast-paced with too many people over-managing

2.0

Aug 4, 2020

Interviewees Proceed With Caution

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The team is amazing. The people in the company are hardworking and the only reason I've stayed as long as I have.

Cons

Leadership hasn't learned to mature from an early-stage startup into a more mature phase of the company at the expense of its employees. The compensation and benefits are middling at best. The vision just isn't there. Asking anyone in management why we are doing the things we're doing in one-on-ones always comes down to "LT wants it, so we have to." I'm ashamed of how Ethos handled their COVID-19 layoffs. They dismissed the individuals without any notice after being told for months that there would be no layoffs. From the ones I know personally, communication was almost non-existent as to why and they've been very tight-lipped with us as well. There is no honest differentiator between Ethos and its competitors.

Ethos Life Response

5y

Thanks for your review. Sorry you didn’t have a great experience at Ethos. While Ethos is still a startup, on the startup scale, Ethos is a mature and stable environment (you have to be realistic about what a startup's journey looks like) - and we’ve hired many mature and seasoned leaders within Ethos. In our most recent anonymous team survey, 85% of team members recommend, or strongly recommend, Ethos as a place to work to their friends - which is spectacular compared to a benchmark of peer tech companies. Obviously, we regret having to have laid team members off in early Covid as we saw impacts to our business, but we treated those team members fairly and they’ve since moved on to other opportunities, and Ethos has overcome those obstacles. None of our team members are in the office today (or have been since quarantine began), so I'm not sure what the office comment you're referring to is. You're always free to reach out to me if you feel like something is left unsaid. Peter@ethoslife.com Peter, CEO

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