Does Leaf Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Leaf Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Leaf Group. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Leaf Group?

68% of Leaf Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Leaf Group 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Leaf Group?

Freelance Writer (17) , Software Engineer (14) , Writer (11) , Senior Software Engineer (9) , Editor (8) , Content Writer (7) , Product Manager (6) , Data Scientist (5) , Director (4) , Account Manager (3) , Intern (3) , Manager (3) , Marketing (3) , Software QA Engineer (3) , Vice President (3)

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

"The people all were great to work with and they put a lot of effort into their social events." ((in 62 reviews)); "upper management team is great." ((in 22 reviews)); "Everyone around is very smart and talented." ((in 14 reviews)); "Beautiful office, dog friendly, and an abundance of snacks." ((in 13 reviews)); "Most people enjoy very flexible hours and dress is always casual." ((in 13 reviews))

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

"• Horrible management" ((in 19 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and turnover lately." ((in 12 reviews)); "Well and Good's leadership is toxic." ((in 10 reviews)); "Awful designers and managers trying to wear too many hats at the same time that has poor design taste." ((in 7 reviews)); "Upper management is constantly changing its position and lacks vision." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Leaf Group layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Leaf Group locations?

Santa Monica , Los Angeles , Austin , New York , Bellevue , Kirkland , Chicago , Denver , Englewood , Baltimore , Jersey City , Salt Lake City , Albany , Rochester , Nashville , Irvine , Santa Ana , Woodland Hills , Sacramento , San Francisco , Santa Barbara , Westminster , Seattle , Wichita , Portland , Philadelphia , Jacksonville , Miami , Tallahassee , Atlanta

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Leaf Group

Part of Graham Holdings

Leaf Group reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(398 total reviews)

Sean Moriarty

72% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Leaf Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 398 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Leaf Group 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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Reviews by job title

398 reviews

2.0

Nov 17, 2014

Sinking ship

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with. Friendly atmosphere and amazing office culture. Location is nice.

Cons

Management lacks vision and is too incompetent to sustain growth. Too many changing in the leadership, all the co-founders except 1 left. Seems like New CEO Sean is looking to putting most properties up for sale. All the content properties are decline in revenue and traffic.

5.0

Nov 2, 2014

I had an amazing experience during my time at Demand.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

"Demand Media is a company that likes to work hard, play hard" was the cliche motto I was given during my interview - but Demand Media absolutely lived up to it. The environment is incredibly calm and relaxed since facilities does a great job keeping the building lively with events, free food, and music. The engineers I worked with were incredibly smart and experienced and together we managed to accomplish a lot. Once in a while there will be some disaster that requires some solid hours of effort to fix and maintain but it never got in the way of me having a proper work/life balance.

Cons

The perks and management definitely have a bias in favor of the engineers over the non-engineering staff. Not uncommon in this line of work from my experience but it does come up during the holiday Christmas parties when people start drinking too much. It likely explains a lot of the negative reviews here on Glassdoor as well.

2.0

Sep 25, 2014

Less than the sum of its parts

Content program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really smart people in the domain registrar silo.

Cons

The emphasis on speedy growth led to a lot of really subpar hires at all levels. The worst result was intellectual beheading of the company that turned it into the soulless "content farm" zombie that everybody pounced on. Making eHow crappy was a calculated, foreseeably unwise, business decision.

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