Does SmartThings pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SmartThings employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SmartThings. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SmartThings?

65% of SmartThings employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SmartThings 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SmartThings?

Software Engineer (16) , Senior Software Engineer (11) , Software Quality Engineer (3) , Staff Software Engineer (3) , Support Engineer (3) , Engineer (2) , Senior Cloud Software Engineer (2)

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

"Great people and cool problems to work with." ((in 15 reviews)); "Benefits are great and company seems to really care about employees." ((in 9 reviews)); "The company provides a great culture for creative individuals who have a passion for the next phase in IoT." ((in 8 reviews)); "Highly flexible and good work life balance for most people" ((in 7 reviews)); "I have had managers see the potential behind my work experience and give the chance to stretch and grow." ((in 4 reviews))

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

"• Leadership constantly strong armed by Samsung" ((in 5 reviews)); "Leadership team is strongly divided internally." ((in 3 reviews)); "• In recent layoffs disproportionately terminated women employees" ((in 3 reviews)); "Communication has always been a challenge" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about SmartThings layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed SmartThings locations?

Minneapolis , Mountain View , Tucson , Palo Alto , Washington , Saint Louis

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SmartThings reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Mark Benson

65% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

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Reviews by job title

33 reviews

Reviews about "Culture"

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4.0

Apr 23, 2021

Great people and interesting work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and personal freedom. Ability to gain experience working on applications at scale. Teams have full ownership of their services and the organization is not terribly siloed.

Cons

Slowly becoming more like a large corporate environment and losing the startup mentality. Large company-wide projects that add little actual value constantly suck up your time. Losing a lot of top talent as the top tier job market is opening up to full remote.

3.0

Feb 3, 2021

Great People, No Parent Company Support

Software quality engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits/Pay - You get to work with brilliant & great people - The IoT space is fun and exciting, and SmartThings is a leader in that space - Flexible work schedule - Amazing culture

Cons

Samsung makes all the decisions for SmartThings, no matter how it affects the product, the company, or the people. That results in drastic changes at least once a year and mass layoffs.

3.0

Aug 7, 2020

Death by a thousand Galaxies

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Competitive compensation, especially in Midwest market - Get to work with really, really smart and passionate people. - Technology stack and opportunities to work on interesting technical problems - Get to work on products that millions of people use, with a little bit of a underdog status - Laid back culture of work-hard play-hard - Great leadership response to COVID

Cons

Samsung’s claws have grown deep into SmartThings. There’s really no autonomy within SmartThings leadership, it all comes down from Samsung, and those priorities seem to change on a monthly basis. As an individual contributor, you can mostly stay under this relationship, but expect your team to change your roadmap on a quarterly basis, based on what Samsung deems important. Interesting work doesn’t last long as it is frequently interrupted by bolt-on feature requests. Great people seem to collectively get demoralized, and turnover seems to be high as a result.

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Jobs at SmartThings

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