Does Guidebook pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Guidebook employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Guidebook. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Guidebook?

75% of Guidebook employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Guidebook 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Guidebook?

Account Executive (4) , Software Engineer (4) , Account Manager (2)

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

"I met some awesome people at Guidebook, many of whom I kept in touch with after I quit." ((in 21 reviews)); "It's crazy how great everyone is at their job and so eager to help out others at the drop of a hat." ((in 9 reviews)); "Sometimes I feel like working out of SF and going out afterwards with coworkers, which is nice" ((in 7 reviews)); "Amazing work life balance, very supportive of wellbeing and mental health" ((in 6 reviews)); "The leadership is accessible, humble, and attentive." ((in 5 reviews))

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

"There's also dating between upper management if you didn't think things could get messier." ((in 5 reviews)); "no transparency" ((in 4 reviews)); "Low pay" ((in 4 reviews)); "This is on the up and up, but communication can always use improvement." ((in 3 reviews)); "First off, I just wanted to say that I find it ridiculous that all the fake / planted reviews that have gone up specifically mention how great the pay is, and how it’s not only market rate but" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Guidebook layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Guidebook locations?

San Francisco , Palo Alto , Raleigh , Sunnyvale

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4.1

75% would recommend to a friend

(72 total reviews)

Jeff Lewis

70% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Guidebook has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 72 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Guidebook 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

72 reviews

1.0

Mar 19, 2018

Avoid working here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome co-workers (for the most part) Company offsite trips New SF office

Cons

Frequent employee terminations / layoffs Low pay Misleading about value of stock and potential for employees to make money Management is never around and mentally checked out

1.0

Feb 11, 2018

Churns through their employees to hire underpaid grads

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Large majority of coworkers were bright, friendly, hard working and awesome. + One of the better places I worked at (in the beginning). + Interesting product and it's the best in the industry. + Early days were great, growing brought about problems (or increased previous ones). + Fun offsites with coworkers you can actually like and some good core benefits.

Cons

+ Upper management is a cool kids club problem. + Kinda college/fratty vibe which has become an issue since growing. + Regularly posts fake reviews here (lots of 4-5 star reviews directly after a negative one with generally the same content) + Transparency is lacking and numbers can be vague or exaggerated. + Places more value on head count than contributions - guilt tripping constantly. + Lots of "friends" of upper management are given new positions they know nothing about AND given full control over it. Speaking up makes you a problem to management. + Management removes multiple people the day before announcing more funding and company success - likely part of the terms of raising the capital. + Brings up excuses to let go or fire people, even without warnings after giving former positive reviews and even raises. + Will also disrespectfully announce one sided excuses for letting someone go to the whole company.

3.0

Sep 29, 2017

a bit grown up start-up

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nice coworkers, and.. that's all

Cons

of course salary, career path as a csa member and idk what our product development team does..

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Jobs at Guidebook

Sales Development Representative