KnowBe4 reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(371 total reviews)
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Bryan Palma

55% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jan 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great technology, great company culture

Cons

Private Equity is gradually eroding a really good company. "Shadow layoffs", falsely labeled as low performance issues at year end. Comp plans watered down, no stock, equity, or ESPP of any kind. No stipend for cell phone use. Channel policies are far from accepted industry norms.

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KnowBe4 Response
6mo
Thanks for your feedback! Pay and benefits matter — and we take that seriously. We review compensation every year to make sure our teams are rewarded for being the best at what they do. Have ideas? We’d love to hear them at peopleops@knowbe4.com.
1.0
Jan 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

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KnowBe4 Response
6mo
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.
2.0
Dec 30, 2025

low pay, lower morale

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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.

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KnowBe4 Response
6mo
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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