Does Harness pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Harness employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Harness. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Harness?

70% of Harness employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Harness 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Harness?

Software Engineer (51) , Senior Software Engineer (42) , Sales (14) , Staff Software Engineer (13) , Sales Engineer (10) , Account Executive (7) , Commercial Account Executive (6) , Customer Success Engineer (6) , Software Developer (6) , Engineering Manager (5) , Enterprise Account Executive (5) , Enterprise Sales Manager (5) , Marketing (5) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (5) , Account Manager (4)

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

"The company has a great culture and is a new leader in the field of DevOps" ((in 76 reviews)); "4. Great people: everyone works hard but still makes time to have fun and get to know others." ((in 55 reviews)); "4. Great leadership and vision for the company." ((in 36 reviews)); "Amazing teams and people to work with" ((in 28 reviews)); "Great benefits and evolving perks even during Pandemic." ((in 20 reviews))

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

"Work life balance takes a hit many times" ((in 26 reviews)); "Only Con is no 401k match but it is very normal among start" ((in 6 reviews)); "Happy hours, non existent." ((in 3 reviews)); "life balance can be difficult" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Harness layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Harness locations?

San Francisco , Dallas , Mountain View , New York , Chicago , Boston , Austin , Minneapolis , Portsmouth , Tampa , Fairfax , Detroit , Washington , Raleigh , Columbus , Fresno , Corona , San Mateo , South San Francisco , San Jose , Denver , Stroudsburg , Destin , Jacksonville , Orlando , Clearwater , Nonesuch , Remote

Harness reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(471 total reviews)

Jyoti Bansal

90% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

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Harness has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 471 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Harness employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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471 reviews

3.0

Jul 12, 2021

Review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Startup hence you get to work on new challenging problems.

Cons

Bad upper management at the company.

Harness Response

4y

Hi there, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We would love to learn more about your feedback and encourage you to reach out to our HRBPs, your direct manager, or to leave further feedback in our engagement surveys. One of our values is to continuously improve and the best way we can do that is to hear from our employees on how we can do better!

5.0

Jun 28, 2021

Rocketship company with awesome culture and product

Enterprise sales executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Fantastic opportunity to be amongst the pioneers in a new market with Harness "Intelligent Software Delivery Platform" - Solid competitive advantages and a platform that is evolving really fast - Great place to learn and improve the sales process (MEDDIC, 3 Whys, ...) while having a good autonomy and without micro-management - Transparency at all level, everyone is accountable and very supportive, no internal push backs or useless challenges ... everybody wants to get Ship done !

Cons

The journey is going great, no downside so far !

Harness Response

4y

Great review, thank you and we are pleased to hear you are having a positive experience at Harness!

5.0

Jun 27, 2021

Great place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Harness gives the opportunity to work with great people and learn various technologies used across industry. Gives complete ownership of the features you develop.

Cons

I don't think of any.

Harness Response

4y

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review!

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