Does Skype pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Skype employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Skype. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Skype?

70% of Skype employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Skype 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Skype?

Software Engineer (13) , Senior Software Development Engineer (6) , Project Manager (5) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Software Development Engineer In Test II (4) , Senior Program Manager (3) , Manager (2) , Product Manager (2) , Quality Engineer (2) , Senior Software Developer (2) , Software Developer (2) , Software Engineer II (2) , Software Engineer-II (2)

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

"good benefits and a good boss" ((in 19 reviews)); "Cool technologies, competitive salary, international environment" ((in 6 reviews)); "Free food (primarily unhealthy items)" ((in 6 reviews)); "decent pay" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good work life balance, decent pay, reasonable workload, great working environment" ((in 4 reviews))

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

"bad management : decisions taken from the top, employees are expected to work on anything they are given, a lot of hidden politics" ((in 8 reviews)); "Senior management will consistently avoid making a decision if there is any way out" ((in 5 reviews)); "Career opportunities in the Estonian office are limited." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Skype locations?

Palo Alto , Redmond , Redwood City , Provo , Baytown , Indianapolis , Bellevue , Waldorf

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3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(149 total reviews)

Gurdeep Singh Pall

53% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Skype has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 149 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Skype 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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149 reviews

4.0

Feb 25, 2014

Awesome new management

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- New management (Gurdeep Pall is effectively ceo) seems to have great vision & technical chops - great spot for a developer focused on mobile

Cons

- Losing share to Whatsapp. - new Microsoft leadership untested.

5.0

Aug 23, 2012

Fast, fun and full of smart people

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Everybody at Skype is directly influencing the experience of millions of Skype's customers and time from customer feedback to changes to products is really fast. Smart people, passionate atmosphere and great site(s) are just few good examples to work for Skype.

Cons

Unnecessary divide between functions and sites. Technical leaders are not always taking critique as a chance to improve.

5.0

Sep 4, 2011

Start-up days are culturally long gone, but still a great company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting technology, product that people don't just use but actually appreciate and are thankful for, reasonable level of flexibility in work arrangements

Cons

A lot of development sites for a relatively small company leading to inevitable miscommunication or lack of communication or infighting

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