Does Parallels pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Parallels employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Parallels. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Parallels?

79% of Parallels employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Parallels 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Parallels?

Software Developer (8) , Manager (5) , Software Engineer (4) , Technical Support Engineer (4) , Account Manager (3) , Sales (3) , Software Development Engineer (3) , Support Engineer (3) , Engineer (2) , Program Manager (2) , Sales Director (2) , Senior Product Marketing Manager (2) , Team Lead (2) , Team Leader (2)

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

"Lots of great people learn from both engineering and management." ((in 21 reviews)); "Great team" ((in 9 reviews)); "In our country there are not much opportunities have both a good job and salary." ((in 9 reviews)); "Plus flexible schedule and friendly atmosphere." ((in 7 reviews)); "career opportunity" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Immature executive leadership in many cases." ((in 4 reviews)); "Communication is challenging" ((in 4 reviews)); "not that good career opportunities" ((in 3 reviews)); "bad training, unclear ways to grow in company" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Parallels layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Parallels locations?

Renton , Bellevue , Seattle , Austin , Kirkland

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Parallels reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Birger Steen

77% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

Parallels has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Parallels 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

171 reviews

4.0

Sep 23, 2015

Mid-sized world-spread company offering great cross-cultural experience

Team lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Contribute to a world-wide used product Get experience in working with and for top world telco's and cloud service providers Software development processes are constantly evolving and improving Great career opportunity for active and ambitious contributors

Cons

Cross-team knowledge sharing and syncing could be significantly improved Some processes feel a bit too bureaucratic

5.0

Sep 10, 2015

Three month in Odin Operation Automation Technical Support Department

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This company is a leader in its field. Good choise: 1) If you have some IT-experience and want to grow up (company will pay for your Microsoft and Red Hat exams); 2) If you want to work in a world-wide comany (most of the engineers are from Russia, but customers are from all over the world); 3) If you want to gain experience in working with a large service providers and want to understand their internal IT processes (Hosting, VPS and many other services).

Cons

1) High barrier to entry; 2) It's difficult to combine work in Support Department and studying at the University.

5.0

Aug 23, 2015

Sales Engineer

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

people very nice salary very high product very good everying is fine

Cons

I don't have any word here, I just thinking the company is very nice. it is enough

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