Does Glu Mobile pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Glu Mobile employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Glu Mobile. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Glu Mobile?

68% of Glu Mobile employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Glu Mobile 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Glu Mobile?

Software Engineer (23) , Customer Service Representative (10) , Senior Software Engineer (8) , Producer (7) , QA Tester (7) , Artist (4) , Customer Care Representative (4) , Animator (3) , Game Designer (3) , Product Manager (3) , QA Manager (3) , Concept Artist (2) , Developer (2) , Devops Engineer (2) , Director (2)

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

"The people at Glu are great to work with and highly collaborative." ((in 41 reviews)); "My office has a great culture and there are a lot of people that are passionate about their jobs." ((in 28 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 20 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 18 reviews)); "Pay is good." ((in 17 reviews))

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

"Upper management is disconnected from the individual teams." ((in 11 reviews)); "I left voluntarily after many years, but layoffs happen every 6" ((in 7 reviews)); "Leadership is always shifting, with a focus on San Fran HQ while sacrificing other satellite studios to cut cost and temporarily shore up stock prices." ((in 6 reviews)); "The executive team is constantly cycled in and out because the CEO accepts no responsibility for bad decisions." ((in 5 reviews)); "Communication between studios and corporate in SF is abysmal." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Glu Mobile layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Glu Mobile locations?

San Francisco , Bellevue , Kirkland , San Mateo , Seattle , Long Beach , Burlingame , Trenton , Fremont , Los Altos , Issaquah , Portland , California

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Glu Mobile reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(302 total reviews)

Nick Earl

81% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Glu Mobile has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 302 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Glu Mobile 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

302 reviews

2.0

Apr 14, 2019

Run

Concept artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There were sometimes good snacks and some fun people to work with.

Cons

Corporate greed runs deep. As an employee you will suffer the consequence of leadership actions and get laid off. Don't worry. When you are either shut down or laid off, leadership will say, "we didn't get large bonuses this year." Their words, not mine.

5.0

Mar 27, 2017

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team atmosphere Fair pay Solid benefits Challenging products Lunch is provided once a week Opportunities to learn and grow new or old skills

Cons

Lunch is provided once a week.

4.0

Sep 18, 2016

Great autonomy, until we were all fired

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Since Glu Washington (GluW) was acquired as an independent developer and then given a fairly long leash, we felt in-control of our own destinies (for better and for worse). The local company was put together very well, and I enjoyed working with everyone else in the office. We moved at a pace that kept things exciting, but studio management also understood when schedules needed to shift to prevent excessive crunch time. The studio had a lot of experienced talent in it, and it was fun and satisfying to work with people who really knew what they were doing.

Cons

After appearing to support the studio's current plans, Glu HQ somewhat-suddenly decided to lay us all off. At the time of the layoff, GluW's properties were still profitable; and while our development assets were being transitioned to a new studio, we were commended on our production quality. I can't speak for their local contexts, but several other Glu studios were laid off around the same time.

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