Does X-Rite pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, X-Rite employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at X-Rite. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at X-Rite?

54% of X-Rite employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated X-Rite 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at X-Rite?

Manager (4) , Instrument Assembler (2) , Sales (2) , Senior Engineer (2) , Software QA Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at X-Rite according to real employee reviews?

"most people are great and pretty smart." ((in 15 reviews)); "Great benefits, including time off and holidays." ((in 11 reviews)); "Pay is decent." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at X-Rite according to real employee reviews?

"Incompetent and clueless management, no company direction, project priorities constantly change." ((in 7 reviews)); "The managers are 100% corporate drones who only care about hitting their metrics." ((in 3 reviews)); "Leadership is a boys club and women don't get promoted often" ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about X-Rite layoffs in 2026?

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

X-Rite reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Jeffrey McKee

100% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

X-Rite has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The X-Rite 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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Reviews by job title

86 reviews

2.0

Jul 7, 2015

Physically and mentally taxing on employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people that worked there before Danaher bought, the benefits are okay.

Cons

Absolutely no work-life balance. Managers make it clear that their precious bottom line should be your mission in life. Not that you'll see any of that bonus! Raises are garbage, the performance reviews are scaled from 1-5 and they tell you that a 3 is awarded for 100% effort, absolutely doing your expected duties correctly, etc. Raises are on par with review scores. It's another way they cut to profit, which is also a common theme. Whether it's people, resources, tooling, or time, you won't have enough. Write-ups for petty things are rampant.

X-Rite Response

10y

Thanks for the feedback, sorry to hear your experience was negative. It's a high performance culture that pays for performance, but the experience for vast majority of people is very different than what you have described here. Especially as the company has evolved over the past couple of years. Our people are key to our success, and we'll continue to focus on that fact. Lots of great examples every day of good work life balance and very competitive pay and benefit structures.

4.0

Jun 1, 2015

Engineering Director

Engineering director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High Tech color instrumentation company. Leverages technology to generate new growth. People are good to work with.

Cons

As with any mid/large sized company, decisions are made strictly to the numbers. In some instances could adversely affect great performing associates.

X-Rite Response

10y

Thanks for the feedback and advice. Our technology and people are top notch.

3.0

Feb 2, 2015

Good place to work, going through lots of change

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Dynamic, learned a lot, freedom to organize work

Cons

Is going through a lot of change, and is losing people with lots of knowledge. Has some hard things from the past to deal with, and some strategic projects are slower to take traction than expected.

X-Rite Response

10y

There has been a lot of change, it's a continuous improvement environment. Every company loses people with knowledge from time to time, but our turnover is low and we continue to grow and have done very well. Especially over the past few years since implementing Lean programs as part of Danaher.

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