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 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sonos?

58% 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 (22) , 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 78 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 17 reviews)); "Great people and team to work with." ((in 12 reviews)); "Great product and great colleagues" ((in 11 reviews)); "Friendly work environment, good products." ((in 10 reviews))

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

"Poor leadership from the very top down." ((in 16 reviews)); "Layoffs every 6 months." ((in 13 reviews)); "Managers do a lot of individual contributor work" ((in 10 reviews)); "Product development is very slow due to indecisive upper management and too many cooks in the kitchen fighting over their piece of the pie." ((in 7 reviews)); "Middle management is mostly political, not merit based" ((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

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(442 total reviews)

Tom Conrad

47% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Sonos has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 442 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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442 reviews

2.0

Mar 20, 2025

Culture and Product Innovation have eroded

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people BELOW leadership levels Music-obsessed culture Some flexibility in work location and hours

Cons

Extremely dysfunctional and disconnected leadership (even after C-level departures in January 2025) Layoffs every 6-12 months because of bad and ever changing "strategy" and "forecast" Disengaged, exhausted, disempowered workforce Perpetual changes to performance and compensation resulting in lower overall pay for most employees, except the most senior They've lost their way on product innovation and quality

2.0

Mar 5, 2025

A shell of its former self

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Innovative products, inclusion, coworkers and direct managers usually had good work ethic and were easy to work with, some decent career mobility opportunities for many roles, opportunities for some departments and roles to work mostly or fully remote.

Cons

Below average pay, culture disintegration after become a public company, very poor executive management over the past couple years (premature release of an app driven by attempting to achieve quarterly resulted resulted in extreme customer pushback, 500+ million in lost market cap, CEO firing, multiple layoffs)

3.0

Feb 10, 2025

A work in progress

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great flexibility, good benefits, relatively fair compensation (although lagging a bit).

Cons

Change isn't managed well, but it seems like things are starting to improve.

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