Is Palantir Technologies a good company to work for?

Palantir Technologies has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,051 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Palantir Technologies to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Palantir Technologies have been left by employees working as Business Development , Deployment Strategist and Forward Deployed Software Engineer .

Does Palantir Technologies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Palantir Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Palantir Technologies. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Palantir Technologies?

63% of Palantir Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Palantir Technologies 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Palantir Technologies?

Forward Deployed Engineer (143) , Deployment Strategist (140) , Software Engineer (124) , Forward Deployed Software Engineer (37) , Sales (21) , Business Development (20) , Software Engineer(Internship) (14) , Intern (9) , Site Reliability Engineer (9) , FDE (8) , Product Designer (8) , Technical Recruiter (8) , Software Engineering Intern (7) , Account Executive (6) , Embedded Analyst (6)

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

"The people are smart and driven" ((in 190 reviews)); "the culture of this company is great" ((in 75 reviews)); "They have really good benefits" ((in 49 reviews)); "great colleagues and intersting projects" ((in 45 reviews)); "Great coworkers (generally)" ((in 31 reviews))

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

"Bad work life balance" ((in 54 reviews)); "hours are long and sometimes unreasonable." ((in 26 reviews)); "Salary is low" ((in 13 reviews)); "There is close to no career progression (monetary or level) at palantir with additional responsibility." ((in 10 reviews)); "Having an unqualified manager or a bad relationship means you are out the door for no fault of yours." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Palantir Technologies layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Palantir Technologies locations?

New York , Palo Alto , Washington , McLean , Denver , Seattle , Los Angeles , San Francisco , San Jose , Chicago , Austin , Santa Monica , Georgetown , Urbana , Arlington , Tempe , Raleigh , Minneapolis , South Bend , Foothill Ranch , Huntington Beach , Long Beach , San Diego , Santa Clara , Petaluma , Providence , Cambridge , East Palo Alto , Tysons Corner , Hawaiian Village

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Palantir Technologies reviews

3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

(894 total reviews)

Alex Karp

72% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Senior management

2.8

Work/Life balance

Palantir Technologies has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 894 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Palantir Technologies 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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894 reviews

1.0

Oct 30, 2012

If you want to go back to High School, then work at Palantir

Forward deployed engineer

Recommend

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Pros

* They provide free food, because they don't want you to leave the office * They provide free clothing, so you can be part of their *cult*ure * They give you a nice housing discount, if you live within a certain area of any office, so you can walk to work * The people are all friendly/nerdy and enjoyable to work with.

Cons

* Company is run by cliques and company even hands out a "yearbook" at end of year. * If you don't fall in line and believe what they want, people disappear with no notice/warning * No opportunity for constructive criticism, new ideas, work/life balance. * Salary is deceptively low in all markets, with stock options that are really not relevant in today's marketplace (if the company even does go public) * Several key founders/players instrumental in early formation of company have returned to Google, Facebook, Microsoft or newer/traditional pre-IPO startups.

1.0

Oct 29, 2012

Be careful to what compnay you choose to work with

Forward deployed engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It is sad that people consider free food, videogames rooms and sleeping rooms as "pros". But it is all true, if you care.

Cons

Palantir wants to indoctrinate you. No more free time, no more family time and no more personal stuff.... Or you do what everybody does in the company or you are out. Everything is about sympathy. The typical profile of people who works in Palantir is a misfit person who lives only inside the company. Inside the company he/her feels like a king, outside he/she is just nothing. People get fired without any advise, only because are not "enough funny". Everything is related to "talents" is a lie. 24 years old guys that lead international contracts... Of coure they'll mess around ....

2.0

Oct 16, 2012

Not a great company after all

Forward deployed engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Good Benefits - Interesting Customers - International teams

Cons

- It is really hard to work with so many people with big egos - It's all about moving data from one side to another side (from customer side to Palantir). After some years becomes quite boring. - Everybody thinks to be the best talent in the world, but it is mostly a marketing strategy

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