Does Sonos pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sonos employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sonos. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sonos?

59% of Sonos employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sonos 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sonos?

Software Engineer (21) , Senior Software Engineer (13) , Director (11) , Intern (7) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) (6) , Software Engineer(Internship) (6) , Account Manager (5) , Principal Software Engineer (5) , Customer Service Representative (4) , Engineer (4) , Manager (4) , Marketing (4) , Mechanical Engineering Co-Op (4) , Senior Manager (4) , Software Test Engineer (4)

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

"Great people to work with and amazing work culture" ((in 76 reviews)); "Great Benefits" ((in 23 reviews)); "Great people and team to work with." ((in 13 reviews)); "Great product and great colleagues" ((in 10 reviews)); "No pressure and flexible hours" ((in 9 reviews))

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

"Poor leadership from the very top down." ((in 16 reviews)); "Employee layoffs, mismanaged growth, no liquidity for vested stock options, declining stock price, no 401k matching by employer, lack of upward or lateral job mobility, ineffective past advertising campaigns, significant expenses with questionable returns." ((in 13 reviews)); "Managers do a lot of individual contributor work" ((in 10 reviews)); "Middle management is mostly political, not merit based" ((in 5 reviews)); "Base salary low." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sonos layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Sonos locations?

Santa Barbara , Boston , Seattle , Cambridge , New York , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Chicago , Ogdensburg , Washington , Charlotte , College Station , San Mateo , Goleta , Denver , Westminster , East Los Angeles , Cooper City

Sonos reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(440 total reviews)

Tom Conrad

47% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

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Sonos has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 440 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sonos employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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440 reviews

2.0

Jun 9, 2015

The next two years will be the companies defining moments.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks. Exciting industry. You build something that you can hold and show your friends.

Cons

Very disorganized. The company focuses too much on growing middle management and tries to act too much like a big company. A lot of technical debt.

3.0

Jun 4, 2015

Good Company. OK Management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The products are great and the culture is overall cool.

Cons

Some of the Management and the leadership have confusing expectations and are unclear.

4.0

Jun 1, 2015

Sonos

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, cool people, private concerts, great location

Cons

Disorganized development and management, struggles to get products done on time, did not deal well with quickly growing company, don't see the benefit in hiring young people

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