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 been stable over the past 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 22 reviews)); "The people in the team are nice and helpful." ((in 19 reviews)); "Interesting domain, great team, lot of motivation & energy" ((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)); "large layoff and no respect to employee and very low pay" ((in 6 reviews)); "not a good company culture" ((in 3 reviews)); "The US management all the way from top till front line managers play politics and have no clue what they are doing." ((in 2 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

5.0

Dec 17, 2018

So far so good

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good life work balance. Free food.

Cons

A little disorganized. Loose connection between the San Jose office and China headquarter.

4.0

Jul 27, 2017

Rock Star CEO

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ms. Warrior is assume. Great perks. Fun colleagues

Cons

It is new so no one knows what they are doing. Communicating with HQ overseas causes too many headaches

5.0

May 25, 2017

Dream job!

Engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its rare opportunity for engineers to redesign a vehicle from the ground up. Beautiful work environment, nice perks, if you cant deal with the ambiguity of a startup its not for you.

Cons

Anytime you try to bring in a diverse team from various backgrounds there will be disagreements.

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