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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Parallels?

80% 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 19 reviews)); "Pay and benefits are good." ((in 11 reviews)); "Great team" ((in 9 reviews)); "In our country there are not much opportunities have both a good job and salary." ((in 8 reviews)); "Open dialogue Management is accessible." ((in 7 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))

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

80% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Birger Steen

77% approve of CEO

61% 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

3.7

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

3.0

Aug 22, 2011

Very exciting and energetic place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very exciting and energetic place to work

Cons

Not much structure in place.

5.0

Jan 15, 2010

Systems Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Parallels makes great products for many markets segments. They have a great name in an exciting growth industry. Lots of great people learn from both engineering and management.

Cons

With a small organization you wear many hats and switching them so much tends to lead to loss of productivity.

3.0

Sep 25, 2015

Avoid, if you are good tech specialist

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Entry level positions are good, if management likes you - you can get promoted a lot. Opportunities to work in US\Europe, but, again, you need to be "successful" how management see it. If you lack ambitions and consider yourself as average specialist - this is best place.

Cons

Brain-dead top management. Outdated by 15 years tech stack. Hosting - probably, most boring stuff in world, so, don't expect any challenging tasks, just write straightforward code. Basically, company don't need any tech specialists, they need a lot of "managers" to imitate work and make billions of meetings with forwarding mails to each others.

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