Is KnowBe4 a good company to work for?

KnowBe4 has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 1,567 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at KnowBe4 to a friend and 58% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about KnowBe4 have been left by employees working as Director , Tech Support and Software Engineer .

Does KnowBe4 pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KnowBe4 employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KnowBe4. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KnowBe4?

62% of KnowBe4 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KnowBe4 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KnowBe4?

Customer Success Manager (105) , Regional Account Manager (97) , Account Executive (42) , Account Manager (35) , Sales (35) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (32) , Channel Account Manager (29) , Software Engineer (25) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (23) , Senior Software Engineer (19) , Core Support Technician (18) , Director (17) , Sales Engineer (16) , Sales Representative (15) , SMB Account Executive (13)

What are the pros of working at KnowBe4 according to real employee reviews?

"Culture was great during the startup but unfortunately it has become a more corporate environment." ((in 179 reviews)); "The people are great and are willing to help out other team members when needed." ((in 96 reviews)); "Fun and great company culture" ((in 89 reviews)); ""The benefits are great and you can take unlimited vaca/sick time" ((in 83 reviews)); "Unlimited PTO (with a few restrictions)" ((in 67 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KnowBe4 according to real employee reviews?

"Base salary is low." ((in 23 reviews)); "Being bought out affected layoffs and many people were let go." ((in 15 reviews)); "Upper Management ignores our feedback, we are completely unheard." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about KnowBe4 layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about KnowBe4 layoffs and their outlook for job security at KnowBe4 in 2026.

KnowBe4 reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,478 total reviews)

Bryan Palma

55% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

3.3

Compensation and benefits

KnowBe4 has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,478 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KnowBe4 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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1K reviews

1.0

Jan 6, 2026

High Reviews From Recently Hired Employees

Customer success manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great onboarding process and culture for non-managers.

Cons

You can see that most of the recent high reviews are from employees who have been here within the last 6 months from the onboarding process. KnowBe4 has a wonderful training program for new hires to give them promise, after that things get a little fuzzy. I know the organization pushes us to make positive reviews, especially as a new hire from not only seeing a good onboarding program, but once you are “on the floor”, things are much different. It would be a great company to work for if they gave an annual pay raise for tenured employees, didn’t give false promises, and didn’t talk to Customer Success Managers pay in relation to the industry. If you are not an Enterprise Customer Success Manager, expect having a book of customers over 200 accounts, all of which will have 1-5 highly technical products you are expected to manage. It’s not the “industry norm” based on what they tell you and the pay on top of it proves it as well.

KnowBe4 Response

5mo

We know that compensation and benefits are essential to our Knowster's satisfaction. We continually evaluate them and welcome your feedback to help us improve even further.

4.0

Jan 3, 2026

Good Company

Smb account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty good company to be at

Cons

4 days in office a minimum

KnowBe4 Response

5mo

Thank you for your feedback!🥳 We’re so glad you love working here and being part of our incredible team.

2.0

Dec 30, 2025

low pay, lower morale

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Open PTO (which is rumored to be going away and not honored in sales)

Cons

-Very low pay compared to like industries. During their GTM restructure, they let go a number of employees, and then offered over 10k less than what they were making, to come back. TT CSMs make 40k/year, SMB CSMs make 45k/year, MM is 48k/yr. SMB AM's make 52k/year. -low visibility on reporting -no clear expectations, the line is always moving -messy process' -leadership lacks training to be able to lead effectively. -no upward movement or advancement. -Egress reps that came over are elite and the rest of us are just the sorry people.

KnowBe4 Response

5mo

Thank you for sharing your experience. We want every Knowster to have a great one, and your feedback helps us get there. We’ll review this with our teams to improve communication and processes across the company.

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