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 170 reviews)); "3. Friendly colleagues working together." ((in 86 reviews)); "it provide good working environment" ((in 79 reviews)); "Most people are nice and fun to work with" ((in 68 reviews)); "The benefits are good" ((in 62 reviews))

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

"chinese cultural and no work life balance" ((in 109 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 74 reviews)); "Bad management and poor booses" ((in 44 reviews)); "Long hours and irregular ot" ((in 30 reviews)); "High pressure and you must "Embrace Change"." ((in 27 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

3.0

Nov 14, 2009

Big Company , Good job.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The interview process is very quick. And the interviewer is very nice . Company place is very nice and comfortable . There are many different roles and jobs for you , and after one or two years if you don't like the job you are doing ,you can transfer to another job.

Cons

Generally speaking the interview process is not so distinctive. The company has much depend on sales , so there are not so much engineering function there,but there are excellent UED team and DBA team . There are very challenge problems waiting for you , need cutting-edge technologies to solve the tech challenges.

4.0

Apr 17, 2009

The future is promising, but we have some ways to go compared with other international world-leading company.

Software develop engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The great chance of developing, the market value of the group is leading in china. The four sub companies (alibaba.com,taobao.com,alipay.com,alisoft, & Yahoo, Koubei.com) take great number of users in china. The development of all the company is very promising.

Cons

The salary is not very competitive compared with other companies for gradudated student. Compared with other internet company as baidu, tencent, netease, sogou, the salary is low and the fame of the company is not as strong as those above. The annual leave is short, only 7 days for first year. Lots of employees treat CEO (Jack Ma) as GOD, and show somehow insane passion for him. I thought it is immature for a world-leading targeting company.

4.0

Aug 10, 2008

Do come and try, but be sure you like the company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As it is a growing business and being there allows employees to really understand how the company is formed and with it corporate culture it allows great opportunities for further development.

Cons

There are always negative aspects of a company, as for Alibaba.com there is no different, given it is a growing business, but it is not always the best way to do business in, it might be successful, but service industry is a tough place to be.

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