Is WP Engine a good company to work for?

WP Engine has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 573 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 15% over the last 12 months. 51% of employees would recommend working at WP Engine to a friend and 40% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about WP Engine have been left by employees working as Sales Development Representative (SDR) , Software Engineer and Account Executive .

Does WP Engine pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, WP Engine employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at WP Engine. This rating has decreased by 15% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WP Engine?

51% of WP Engine employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated WP Engine 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at WP Engine?

Account Manager (29) , Sales (18) , Software Engineer (18) , Technical Support (18) , Account Executive (17) , Senior Software Engineer (16) , Technical Support Specialist (14) , Technical Support Engineer (13) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (12) , Sales Manager (9) , Marketing (8) , Agency Account Manager (7) , Director (7) , Manager (7) , Senior Staff Software Engineer (7)

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

"People are great and work very hard." ((in 73 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 46 reviews)); "Great enablement tools and leadership." ((in 33 reviews)); "good management" ((in 28 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and we're now remote first." ((in 22 reviews))

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

"Extremely low salary, can be mentally draining" ((in 9 reviews)); "Managers constantly push efficiency and say we aren’t working hard enough as we have less and less people every day doing more and more work." ((in 9 reviews)); "No bonus" ((in 5 reviews)); "There is also clear favoritism at play with more tenured reps in a variety of ways." ((in 4 reviews)); "This can mean working really hard sometimes, but it is a rewarding experience and you do get recognition for the work." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about WP Engine layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed WP Engine locations?

Austin , Omaha , San Antonio , Denver , Houston , Chicago , Virginia Beach , Dallas , Sugar Land , Minneapolis , Nashville

WP Engine reviews

Great place to be an information sponge, but too much oversight nowadays. - Management WP Engine Employee Review

2.0

Jun 4, 2020

Management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, brilliant minds, and the CEO is a star of a human being. A wonderful place to absorb a ton of information about current day corporate practices and learn from real savants of their field.

Cons

Employees in sales and finance are worked to the bone; Sales Managers are expected to work 60-80+ hours a week to maintain their competitive position and meet their quotas. Outdated workforce expectations like very limited WFH policy. Salaries are often 15-25% less than other players in town. Benefits like, flexible PTO policy, and lunch every day was taken away while I was there to pad bottom line. Private equity offerings for new hires was also significantly reduced. Groupthink highly present; expected to conform to a limited identity and not a lot of room to "think outside the box" for solutions. It seemed like it was a much better place before Silver Lake arrived on scene and imposed overambitious quarterly milestones.

WP Engine Response

6y

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We appreciate your thoughts on work/life balance and are actively encouraging our colleagues to use their PTO. We routinely review our compensation and perks against the market and adjust as appropriate to ensure market competitiveness. We are all currently in the biggest work from home experiment which means a lot about our practices have changed in order to support a new way of working. We wish you had continued the journey to see what has changed.

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5.0

Jan 20, 2026

Technical support specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of support from management. I always felt like I was heard. Plenty of support from my teammates. The CEO is an amazing person.

Cons

Customers only reach out because there are issues with their sites; causing them to be upset most of the time. Tough job if you are not used to remote work.

WP Engine Response

5mo

We appreciate you taking the time to share such a thoughtful review. While we're glad you had an overall positive experience in regards to feeling supported by your manager, teammates, and feel Heather, our CEO is an amazing person. We agree! We are sorry to hear you didn't feel like there were opportunities for promotions. We know you no longer work here at WP Engine, but if you have any other thoughts you'd like to share so that we can learn more about what could've gone better, you're welcome to reach out to anybody on our Employee Experience Team to do so. Thank you again and we wish you the best in future endeavors.

1.0

Jul 17, 2026

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote. Great people. Decent benefits. Nice work/life balance.

Cons

Subpar pay. Lack of career growth and stability. Upper management and leadership are heavily disconnected from the core product. They want to "AI" their core platform just because everybody else is doing it but they have no clear direction / solution that makes sense. They sign contracts for services that they don't vet fully and cause headaches for tech support. They mask "reorgs" with surprise layoffs.

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WP Engine Response

1d

We appreciate your candid feedback, and the time you took to leave a review. We're glad to hear you had a positive experience with colleagues, our remote-first culture, work-life balance, and benefits. Those are all important parts of the employee experience, and we're pleased they stood out. We're also appreciate your view on where you feel we fell short. Feedback about compensation, career growth, leadership connection, and organizational change are meaningful, even when they're difficult to hear. While we can't comment on specific business decisions, we appreciate your perspective. Thank you again for telling us about your experience at WP Engine.

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