Is Gen a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Gen have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 58 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Gen employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Gen now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Gen .

Does Gen pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Gen with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 58 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 17.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Gen.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Gen?

20% of Software Engineer employees at Gen would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 48% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Gen with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.6 rating for culture and values and 2.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gen?

Software Engineer (56) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , Principal Software Engineer (19) , Intern (11) , Product Manager (10) , Data Scientist (8) , Sr. Software Engineer (8) , Data Engineer (7) , Marketing (7) , Manager (6) , Project Manager (6) , Software Developer (6) , Account Manager (5) , Associate Software Engineer (5) , Data Analyst (5)

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

"Benefits were good until they took away the canteen and didn't compensate with any replacement." ((in 53 reviews)); "Avast people are great." ((in 40 reviews)); "Great colleagues: People at the lower levels are still fantastic and strive to maintain a positive atmosphere." ((in 33 reviews)); "Pay is decent." ((in 23 reviews)); "Unlimited PTO but not really." ((in 21 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs and reorganizations create additional instability." ((in 32 reviews)); "Poor management, 90's techniques, no true understanding of agile, some command and control style enforcement." ((in 28 reviews)); "I had 4 managers in 4 years." ((in 9 reviews)); "Innovation is dead, growth by acquisition is their playbook." ((in 7 reviews)); "Not giving a 2/5 stars because of great direct teammates, upper management was fighting to merge companies for over a year which caused much distress at the company during covid" ((in 6 reviews))

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3.4

20% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)

Vincent Pilette

25% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Software Engineer employees have rated Gen with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Gen is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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58 reviews

4.0

Jun 28, 2026

A reasonable stepping stone for bright future careers

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Inviting and friendly work culture, solid work-life balance, patient with onboarding new employees

Cons

Recent trend of mass layoffs, shift in company culture to focus on timelines, little room for growth

3.0

Jun 21, 2026

Good benefits and work-life balance, but poor management

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good life benefits, work life balance

Cons

New management does not value employee performance anymore, and lots of good & smart people are leaving because of this. Good luck

3.0

May 15, 2026

reorgs and layoff anxiety

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

building at scale is cool

Cons

constant reorgs, limited career growth and layoff anxiety not so cool. mid pay + benefits.

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Good benefits and work-life balance, but poor management

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