Is Sophos a good company to work for?

Sophos has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,678 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Sophos to a friend and 58% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Sophos have been left by employees working as Threat Analyst , Channel Account Manager and Software Engineer .

Does Sophos pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sophos employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sophos. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sophos?

64% of Sophos employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sophos 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sophos?

Technical Support Engineer (134) , Software Engineer (82) , Senior Software Engineer (56) , Channel Account Manager (41) , Sales (34) , Account Manager (30) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (21) , Sales Engineer (21) , Threat Analyst (20) , Manager (19) , Threat Researcher (18) , Account Executive (14) , Intern (11) , Network Security Engineer (11) , Software Developer (11)

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

"Great people and talent" ((in 107 reviews)); "Culture is good and broadminded" ((in 100 reviews)); "Good Work Life balance Caring for Employee" ((in 99 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 55 reviews)); "It's been 6 months now and the work culture over here is very good." ((in 48 reviews))

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

"low salaries comparing to market a lot of operational work" ((in 62 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and lack of clarity in the direction" ((in 38 reviews)); "If a manager is good and wants to follow process then it is organised well, else it runs haphazardly with very less scope for improvements." ((in 28 reviews)); "One last thing that I believe is a con is that there is no training or continuing education program for sales people at Sophos." ((in 20 reviews)); "No job security and no pay review for 2013" ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sophos layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Sophos locations?

Burlington , Dallas , Boston , New York , Los Angeles , Atlanta , Salt Lake City , Chicago , San Antonio , Indianapolis , Santa Clara , Piscataway , Palmyra , Chandler , Albuquerque , Austin , Prosper , Nashville , Carmel , South Bend , Columbus , Dublin , San Francisco , Mountain View , San Jose , North Conway , Boulder , Philadelphia , Tampa , Arlington

Sophos reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,534 total reviews)

Joe Levy

70% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Sophos has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,534 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sophos 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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2K reviews

1.0

Jan 22, 2018

People don't leave company, they leave boss/team

Anonymous employee

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Pros

People don't leave company, they leave boss/team It was nice till 2016, now I can not think of single reason apart from facilities like alternate Friday bear cart, some day chair message, getting good compensation(agree) but lot of stress.

Cons

Think twice before joining. If you have passion to work -just work -no other boding then please go ahead. No scope of learning extra in regular hours. Some of migrated team/groups have much high pressure to finish tasks, team ended up working late and weekends. No work life balance No one is there to heard you unless if you are super senior or working 12 hours a day. New Management/Manager changes every 6 months. I had joined this company for longer stability but there is no rays of hope due to micro management.

5.0

Mar 28, 2015

Sophos is transforming in to a great company and has the potential to be an industry leader in the security market.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The new management team led by Kris Hagerman (CEO) has been on board for a short time,~3yrs, the team is making significant changes to our 30 year old company, the results have been remarkable. The company is certainly on the upswing and performing very well. New products, investments in sales, engineering, facilities and employee benefits are reenergizing the employees and delivering record results for the company. Sophos has a fostered a hard working, collaborative culture where your input matters. Every employee has a voice to implement change. My time at Sophos has been the most rewarding in my career, simply a great place to work.

Cons

There are so many positive initiatives happening at Sophos, life work balance can be a challenge. This is always a struggle with any successful IT company I have worked for in the past.

2.0

Oct 20, 2013

Poor future

Engineering

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Pros

I worked at Sophos a long time. Over the years, they have had fantastic technology, amazing talent and great management. The company culture has been great, with great office space and fun things going on. When I left, my direct manager was fantastic. There was a free lunch one a month. Workmates were good people trying their best.

Cons

In recent times, they have lost a TON of talent. Many many tenured, experienced employees have been fired, or have moved on. The pay was poor - and middle management knew it. They would hire based on who they could afford, not who would do a good job. Existing staff didn't get a payrise. I hadnt had a talent or pay review in years - and pay rises seemed to be random (also, hadn't happened in recent years). Closing the NA labs was a huge mistake, and off shoring technical support is a nail in the one shining light in Sophos - their high quality technical support team. At time of leaving, all upper management were being axed, and replaced with execs from Fortinet - sales was being crowbarred into a channel model - and the revoling door of experienced staff for new hires was spinning fast.

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