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 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Harness?

71% 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) , Intern (5) , Marketing (5) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (5)

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 78 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 37 reviews)); "Great teams that get ship done!" ((in 24 reviews)); "Great benefits and healthcare." ((in 24 reviews))

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

"No Work Life balance" ((in 26 reviews)); "No 401k match" ((in 6 reviews)); "Sometimes extended hours because of team in US" ((in 4 reviews)); "No 401k matching." ((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 , Pittsburgh , Destin , Jacksonville , Orlando , Clearwater , Nonesuch , Remote

Harness reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(471 total reviews)

Jyoti Bansal

90% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

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Harness has an employee rating of 3.8 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 19, 2023

Struggling through downturn

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great product; differentiated in the market and impressive to customers - strong founder with proven exit -large addressable market to sell to across all sizes of companies - established large customers and references - High OTE's for sales reps - talented team in most departments

Cons

- Product confusion; continuing to release new products instead of improving existing ones. Sales team is confused on what to sell and if any of the new products actually work - Sales leadership; continued forecast misses, continued confusion on GTM model, continued yelling at the PG scoreboard every week without any solutions; big changes are needed - Extremely high churn in the sales rep and first level leader levels; most don't make it 9 months

5.0

Jul 6, 2023

Getting Ship Done

Regional partner manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, Phenomenal platform, great onboarding experience

Cons

Still building out full reach of adequate resources, aka sales engineer dedicated to channel partners

5.0

Jun 14, 2023

Incredible culture, fast pace of growth, mind blowing innovation

Senior account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great leadership Highly transparent communication culture Fastest innovation of any software company I have worked at before Great comp and perks

Cons

It's a high pressure role and the market is challenging - but the leadership has got your back to mitigate the risk of this con

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