New Relic reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,468 total reviews)
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Ashan Willy

65% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

New Relic has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,468 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New Relic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Jan 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Engineering staff is very down to earth, friendly and open to new ideas. The Marketing team and CMO is full of energy.

Cons

I was at New Relic for several years, saw them grow from a smaller location on 2nd and Mission to the palatial estates they are in now. This was a great company that expanded way too fast and in the meantime completely lost it's soul. Most of the Sales staff feels on Edge and word from that department is there are many favorites that are promoted through the ranks quicker because they are well liked and play the political game. This company is like that creepy kid at the lunch table who smiles at you while trying to take your lunch money. At one point from what I heard they re-imbursed sales and marketing folks for their cell phones and then the next it was gone. I had become close friends with the Sales team and was told they also would periodically change language for Sales staff in their compensation plans and say "just sign this - oh it's the same plan you've seen for consecutive quarters!". Meanwhile the entire language would be changed in favor of the company. But they would keep mentioning how great the company is, including the great Nerdvana cafe on the 10th floor. I think most people would prefer better wages than a cafe especially since two Starbucks locations were within a five minute walk. Another con would be the HR department or what was referred to as "People Ops". I personally referred someone who came for an interview and then after 3 months and several emails, calls and even my internal follow up, never received feedback.

5.0
Dec 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employees are empowered to utilize their full potential. Culture of collaboration and teamwork. Everywhere you turn there are thought leaders, brilliant minds, accomplished technologists, absent of arrogance and entitlement. Family friendly work environment. The company has grown from a handful of employees to over 300 without the disruption of major engineering re-organization or significant injection of outside managers or celebrity executives. The executive leadership is honest and open, and the values place the employees as a top priority.

Cons

No catered lunches. Constantly evolving, things move fast, organization is very fluid. You have to adapt.

5.0
Sep 14, 2013

The most consistently engaging job I've ever had

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nifty technology, >100 smart and nice engineers, extremely supportive business leadership, truly promotes work-life balance and career growth, high average customer satisfaction, very collaborative, stimulating environment. incredible office space.

Cons

Management can be a bit opaque on occasion (though it is very transparent most of the time). Mad rush to IPO-sizing might be a bit excessive. Very tiny complaints, relative to the "pros".

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