Is Snap a good company to work for?

Snap has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,585 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 45% of employees would recommend working at Snap to a friend and 18% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Snap have been left by employees working as Research Intern , Intern and Program Manager .

Does Snap pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Snap employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Snap. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Snap?

45% of Snap employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Snap 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Snap?

Software Engineer (238) , Account Manager (52) , Intern (25) , Senior Software Engineer (25) , Account Executive (19) , Data Scientist (19) , Machine Learning Engineer (18) , Product Manager (18) , Research Intern (17) , Senior Account Manager (17) , Manager (16) , Designer (15) , Engineer (15) , Software Engineer Intern (12) , Graphic Designer (11)

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

"Great people and super organized" ((in 179 reviews)); "great benefits and especially great dental" ((in 175 reviews)); "culture was great and supportive" ((in 125 reviews)); "The pay is good on paper but wait until it drops 20% every single earnings." ((in 108 reviews)); "Free food for 3 meals a day when we were in the office and then daily post mates credit when we were working from home." ((in 59 reviews))

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

"Bad leadership: you're on your own" ((in 91 reviews)); "frequent layoffs and reorgs" ((in 40 reviews)); "Some really bad managers" ((in 24 reviews)); "potential long hours, when they need you they need you there." ((in 13 reviews)); "There was a lot of push back on this, but it was disregarded by upper management." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Snap layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Snap locations?

Santa Monica , Los Angeles , New York , Seattle , Venice , Palo Alto , San Francisco , Chicago , Bellevue , Austin , Marina del Rey , San Diego , Mountain View , San Jose , Denver , Dallas , California City , Spokane , California , Illinois City , Ohio , Chantilly , Floral Park , Chandler , Detroit , Houston , Jackson , Culver City , Newport Beach , Torrance

Snap reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,220 total reviews)

Evan Spiegel

23% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Snap has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Snap 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

1K reviews

1.0

Jul 11, 2019

Not what it looks like

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- You work in the product - You can have direct impact (and can get you fired too) - Many new things to be done

Cons

- Long hours - Pay is "good" but less than any other cool public company - Constant Lays off and uncertainty (today your stock is 20 tomorrow is just 5) - CEO is awful.

1.0

Jun 24, 2018

Fun parties, awful management

Counsel

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great benefits -Lavish company parties -Free food (but definitely impacted by recent cost cutting)

Cons

-There are some wonderful people here. But they are weighed down by ineffective leadership who foster an awful corporate culture that lacks transparency, accountability, and professional respect. -Executives aren’t transparent or accountable. Period. Leaders don’t own their mistakes or apologize for tough/bad decisions. -Employees are treated like commodities and many managers act like petulant tyrants (following Evan’s example).

1.0

Mar 15, 2018

DON'T COME

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are pretty good compares to Amazon.

Cons

You will never get your RSU, they will lay you off in the 4th year. And they won't give you any alert before lay off and won't get anything because of layoff. Managment is aweful, it doesn't have any promotion guides in it. Lots of polities here, you won't concentrate on the thing you're working. And Snap doesn't have any roadmap, it keeps changing. For people who are not American, it won't care about your VISA status when unreasonable layoff comes, you get fired even you're the top performer.

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