Does NIO pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NIO employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at NIO. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at NIO?

61% of NIO employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated NIO 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NIO?

Software Engineer (30) , Intern (20) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Product Manager (12) , Designer (11) , Engineer (10) , Internship (9) , Staff Engineer (9) , Manager (8) , Staff Software Engineer (7) , Data Analyst (5) , Senior Engineer (5) , Senior Manager (5) , Data Analyst Intern (4) , Data Scientist (4)

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

"The colleagues are nice and friendly in gerneral." ((in 29 reviews)); "Its really a great working environment" ((in 21 reviews)); "Interesting domain, great team, lot of motivation & energy" ((in 19 reviews)); "The people in the team are nice and helpful." ((in 17 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 16 reviews))

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

"As a result, upper management from HQ has absolutely lost all respect for the local talent." ((in 9 reviews)); "Very difficult to get rid of bad hires, especially bad managers" ((in 7 reviews)); "financial difficulties and layoffs possible" ((in 6 reviews)); "no bonus for overtime work" ((in 3 reviews)); "not a good company culture" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about NIO layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed NIO locations?

San Jose , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Lombard , China , Anaheim , Palo Alto , Seattle , Philadelphia , China , Shanghai

NIO reviews

3.7

61% would recommend to a friend

(366 total reviews)

William Li

66% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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NIO has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 366 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NIO employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

366 reviews

4.0

Jan 17, 2019

Good company but an inexperienced leadership

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Compensation - Benefits - Research - Get to do designs from scratch

Cons

- Redundant work done by teams - Inefficient communication between geographically separated teams - Lack of utilization of many talented teams - Unclear career promotion path

4.0

Jan 2, 2019

Working @ NIO USA

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its a very good place to work among all the start ups in the bay area company is now public ltd listed in NYSE Lot of activities at workplace to keep the employees motivated

Cons

Internal politics with in teams sometimes is disappointing to work hiring wrong set of engineers which is time consuming

4.0

Dec 26, 2018

Good place to learn, can be much better

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Some excellent technology / opportunities - Some really smart people to work with

Cons

- Still a lot of bad apples left after the recent firings - More firings are needed to become the lean machine NIO US was in 2017

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