HeyGen reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)
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Joshua Xu

53% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

HeyGen has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HeyGen 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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59 reviews
5.0
Feb 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Lots of opportunities to learn - Get to wear many hats and do different tasks - Management is very forward thinking and encourages use of AI tools that will help productivity - Company is very open to Employee ideas to help improve the product and allows you to build it out if you're interested

Cons

- Can feel overwhelming at times with the volume of work

1.0
Feb 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fast-moving environment and aggressive product ambition.

Cons

- Speed was worshiped while structure was ignored. - Features were rushed out while documentation became an afterthought. - Internal coordination regularly broke down. - Requirements shifted mid-development without warning. - Quality checks were squeezed to the breaking point. - Teams were forced into constant reaction mode instead of building sustainably, - Endless rework became the norm. - Timelines stayed unpredictable and unreliable. - Innovation was praised while a disciplined process was absent. - Scaling became painful, exhausting, and inefficient. - The relentless pace led to burnout instead of real progress.

5.0
Feb 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are what make it. Everyone around me actually cares not in a corporate "we're a family" way, but in a "we're building something incredible and I can't believe we're actually doing this" way. The company is growing extremely fast that you're constantly getting exposure to things you wouldn't touch at a bigger company. I've taken on challenges here that would've taken years to get to at my previous jobs. If you're the kind of person who gets fired up by hard problems, you'll love it here. If you want to catapult your skills and career to the next level FAST, this is the place for you.

Cons

The pace is a lot. Things move fast and priorities shift. If you're used to well-defined processes and clear lanes, the ambiguity can be uncomfortable. It's definitely not a clock-in clock-out kind of place. You have to be comfortable figuring things out as you go.

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