Does Verisign pay their employees well?

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

How satisfied are employees working at Verisign?

49% of Verisign employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Verisign 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Verisign?

Senior Software Engineer (20) , Software Engineer (20) , Intern (11) , Project Manager (10) , Software Engineer III (8) , Engineer III (7) , Senior Engineer (7) , Director (6) , Engineer II (6) , Software Engineer II (6) , Senior Manager (5) , Software Developer (5) , Software Engineer IV (5) , Engineer (4) , Engineer IV (4)

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

"Great benefits and on" ((in 76 reviews)); "Great people and products." ((in 33 reviews)); "Work Life Balance is good" ((in 28 reviews)); "Salary is good though not great" ((in 27 reviews)); "Compensation is good." ((in 24 reviews))

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

"Its so bad that management does not even allow Q&A at all hands meetings." ((in 24 reviews)); "Pray you get a good manager" ((in 13 reviews)); "Leadership is cliquey and overworks direct reports." ((in 7 reviews)); "The senior management is dominantly white males, although there are lots of minorities as the work bees." ((in 7 reviews)); "Very limited growth opportunities." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Verisign layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Verisign locations?

Reston , Mountain View , Dulles , Savannah , Santa Cruz , Denver , Herndon , Washington , Overland Park , New York , San Francisco , San Jose , Olympia , Providence , Watertown , Ashburn , Fairfax , Sterling , Highland , Los Angeles , Oakland , San Mateo , Broomfield , Seattle , Tampa , Needham , Waltham , Alpharetta , Atlanta , New Castle

Verisign reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(428 total reviews)

D. James Bidzos

52% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Verisign has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 428 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Verisign 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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428 reviews

1.0

Jun 9, 2025

Changing leadership and not for the best

Systems engineer iv

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is on par with the area. Benefits are okay, but lacking in other areas.

Cons

We have been remote for over 5 years and was ensured we would stay that way after getting raves from leadership for being productive and exceeding goals. That changed after a new CFO came in and is now starting the RTO process. Assuming it’s a RIF in disguise.

2.0

Apr 12, 2016

No competitive spirit

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great salary, great benefits, 70% off lunch, very stable company

Cons

No competitive spirit. Energy spent on lots of internal fights and analysis on top of analysis on top of even more analysis. All hands meetings are a joke. They dont even take questions

4.0

Nov 24, 2014

Looks like an IT company but is really a utility with a monopoly.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is good. Diverse workforce at the bottom where real work gets done. HQ facility is top-notch. Barring unforeseen disaster this company isn't going anywhere. Work-life balance is great. If you play the game right you will learn useful skills. If you're lucky or make the right friends you can rise through the ranks.

Cons

Middle management is very bad. Cliquish is an inadequate word for how insular it is. Execs at the top basically lucked into the goose that laid the golden egg back in the '90s and have squandered shareholder value since then. 10 years of massive nonsensical acquisitions during the late 90s-early 00s only to do a 180 and sell it all off for pennies on the dollar as the market tanked in 2008-2010. Execs still made millions of course and think they are infallible. Only one real product left (DNS) Since divesting almost every product other than DNS resources have been wasted trying to come up with new directions without any success. Company is now run by the CFO and the squeezing has started in earnest. The negative consequences will start showing up in the next few years.

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