Does Alibaba Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Alibaba Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Alibaba Group. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Alibaba Group?

61% of Alibaba Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Alibaba Group 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Alibaba Group?

Software Engineer (173) , Senior Software Engineer (88) , Product Manager (65) , Intern (40) , Manager (34) , Account Manager (33) , Senior Product Manager (29) , Algorithm Engineer (28) , Project Manager (25) , Business Development Manager (23) , Software Developer (23) , Senior Algorithm Engineer (22) , Internship (21) , Data Scientist (20) , Front End Developer (17)

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

"Team is good but salaries" ((in 176 reviews)); "3. Friendly colleagues working together." ((in 86 reviews)); "Good working environment" ((in 82 reviews)); "Most people are nice and fun to work with" ((in 74 reviews)); "The benefits are good" ((in 64 reviews))

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

"chinese cultural and no work life balance" ((in 107 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 72 reviews)); "Bad management and poor booses" ((in 41 reviews)); "Long hours and irregular ot" ((in 33 reviews)); "Not much work" ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about Alibaba Group layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Alibaba Group locations?

New York , Sunnyvale , San Mateo , China , Los Angeles , Seattle , Bellevue , China Grove , San Francisco , San Jose , Washington , Houston , Berkeley , Saint Louis , Pasadena , Palo Alto , Santa Clara , Pittsburgh , Charlotte C H , China , Perth Amboy , Syracuse , Chicago , Evanston , Fairfax , Malverne , Nebraska City , Charlotte , Abilene , China

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Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group reviews

3.7

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,980 total reviews)

Daniel Yong Zhang

61% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Senior management

3.0

Work/Life balance

Alibaba Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,980 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alibaba Group 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Sep 21, 2021

Not healthy culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Can't think of any pros.

Cons

Hierarchy Chaos Made up numbers Distorted values No clear strategy

3.0

Jan 12, 2021

Good working environment but changes are too ordinary

Staff design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment and fast development

Cons

top-down company culture lead to frequently project direction changed

3.0

Sep 1, 2020

Highly stressful & high uncertainty

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Things move fast and you will learn a lot of new stuff in a relatively short period of time. Compensation is well-above peer Internet companies if you are able to deliver really good work.

Cons

Work-life-balance is bad. Company always tries to brain-wash you to work harder. Projects are not well planned. A lot of waste of resources on useless or redundant projects. Your performance is evaluated against other colleagues in your team. If everybody works hard, it needs some luck and takes a lot of extra efforts to not to be evaluated as "under-performer".

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