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?

84% 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 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Photon?

Senior Software Engineer (245) , 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 place to learn work and learn new technologies" ((in 78 reviews)); "They provide good salary and package" ((in 68 reviews)); ". The work culture is good and silent." ((in 64 reviews)); "Good Pay and More exposure in Technical" ((in 42 reviews)); "Good to learn new Technologies and good for freshers and an Awesome place to learn and move to a next level" ((in 41 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 226 reviews)); "Management is the worst as you will never get reply from them to sort out issues." ((in 120 reviews)); "No job security.. Any time you will receive a phone call from hr and tell today your last day." ((in 75 reviews)); "No employee benefits & promotion& bad Mediclaim policy" ((in 55 reviews)); "The project managers have no knowledge and they act like prime minister of India." ((in 43 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

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,793 total reviews)

Srinivas Balasubramanian

87% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Career opportunities

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.3

Senior management

4.3

Compensation and benefits

Photon has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,793 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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3K reviews

3.0

Apr 23, 2015

SE

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company to work for

Cons

Work life balance is an issue

3.0

Mar 31, 2015

Rich exposure to various technologies. Learned a lot of things. Some really talented people are here, so much to grasp.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Rich exposure to various technologies. Experienced people are highly paid. (Have talent, demand and u will get it) Work environment is good.

Cons

No guarantee on work time. No standardized package for freshers. No guarantee on weekends to be holidays (but u will get comp off) People will not be properly rated.

1.0

Jan 9, 2015

Don't waste time working here / Pathetic Environment / Worst Culture

Human resources recruiter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Located in DLF IT Park

Cons

1. Employees are slaves here. 2. Candidates coming for interviews are not been treated well 3. HR people doesn't know how to speak but they ask many questions rather correcting themselves 4. You must really search for an Employee who is satisfied working here 5. Poor Management 6. Pathetic work culture 7. Cafeteria is the highlight of all the above (worst of all) 8. No cab facility 9. 10 hours working is too much & not even worth working in such a bad company. 10. Compete with other companies in DLF and grow yourselves. 11. Don't waste your time coming here and working in a stupid company 12. Better work in a small company and get recognition 13. Wasted my 2 years here and now realizing. 14. No recognition for Talents

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Rich exposure to various technologies. Learned a lot of things. Some really talented people are here, so much to grasp.

Don't waste time working here / Pathetic Environment / Worst Culture

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