Does Photon pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Photon employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Photon. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Photon?

83% of Photon employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Photon 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Photon?

Senior Software Engineer (246) , Software Engineer (179) , Technical Lead (80) , Project Manager (65) , Business Analyst (44) , Software Developer (37) , Business Development Executive (30) , Devops Engineer (24) , QA Engineer (24) , Senior Business Analyst (22) , Tech Lead (20) , Senior QA Engineer (19) , Associate Architect (17) , Senior Graphic Designer (17) , Senior Software Developer (17)

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

"Good company and you can learn new technologies" ((in 79 reviews)); "Learning and salary is good" ((in 68 reviews)); ". The work culture is good and silent." ((in 68 reviews)); "Good Pay and More exposure in Technical" ((in 45 reviews)); "Good to learn new Technologies and good for freshers and an Awesome place to learn and move to a next level" ((in 44 reviews))

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

"3. You can enjoy the salary you get as there is no work life balance." ((in 221 reviews)); "Management is the worst as you will never get reply from them to sort out issues." ((in 120 reviews)); "No job security they will hire you for 15 days and after 1 month they will fire you without any notice." ((in 73 reviews)); "No employee benefits & promotion& bad Mediclaim policy" ((in 51 reviews)); "The project managers have no knowledge and they act like prime minister of India." ((in 44 reviews))

What are employees saying about Photon layoffs in 2026?

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

Photon reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(2,794 total reviews)

Srinivas Balasubramanian

86% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.3

Senior management

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Career opportunities

Photon has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,794 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Photon 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

3K reviews

5.0

Apr 24, 2026

Good technical learning, but some work becomes repetitive over time

Senior data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong exposure to building ETL pipelines, data transformation processes, and handling production-scale datasets. Great place to improve SQL, workflow automation, and troubleshooting skills.

Cons

Certain maintenance tasks and recurring pipeline fixes can feel repetitive, especially once the learning curve levels out.

5.0

Apr 24, 2026

User insights are valued, but timelines are usually tighter than they should be

Ux researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to directly influence product decisions through real customer interviews, usability testing, and behavioral research. The role gives strong visibility with product and design leadership.

Cons

Research timelines are often compressed, which sometimes limits deeper analysis and forces faster recommendations than ideal.

4.0

Apr 21, 2026

Great overall opportunity

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced company with lots of opportunity for projects from mostly US / UK / Europe. Great learning opportunity and able to work with team from various nationalities in a project.

Cons

Often management made huge changes over rules including salary that's implemented very immediately from the announcement without pre caution / making aware the the employees at least a month prior or something.

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