Does Figure Eight pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Figure Eight employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Figure Eight. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Figure Eight?

68% of Figure Eight employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Figure Eight 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Figure Eight?

Contributor (2) , Customer Hero (2) , Engineer (2) , Individual Contributor (2) , Software Engineer (2)

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

"The people are very talented and friendly." ((in 11 reviews)); "workers and transparent management" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great benefits and company location being in the heart of the Mission District." ((in 7 reviews)); "Culture is fun and hard" ((in 6 reviews)); "Beautiful office." ((in 5 reviews))

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

"Management couldn't make up their minds, which led to massive layoffs." ((in 3 reviews)); "insincere leadership" ((in 3 reviews)); "The CEO and COO have big egos and are headstrong even when they are totally wrong about product or business direction." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Figure Eight layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Figure Eight locations?

San Francisco , Wellston , Little Rock , Honduras

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Figure Eight

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Figure Eight reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(80 total reviews)

Mark Brayan

71% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

Figure Eight has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 80 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Figure Eight employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Ratings by gender

Gender

Reviews by job title

80 reviews

2.0

Aug 31, 2015

Great potential, yet still poor execution

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited vacation Free food (although, not always great food) Fun monthly outings Nice, friendly, and smart co-workers Everything Ruby! Great pay

Cons

Seeing what I wrote in the Pros section makes me feel less enthusiastic about working here, because that is mostly surface level and most tech companies here in the bay have this Lack of real empathy from management This has turned into a "drive fast and ignore who or what you hit on the way" sort of culture Nothing new to build from the ground up. There is more inheritance of old products to pack on top new features, but no real movement to fix or re-architect those old products C-level execs and VPs are disconnected and in the clouds about the good that's happening with business, and less about culture they claim to value

1.0

Jan 10, 2019

Run! Not a good place to work anymore

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The friends I've met in my department.

Cons

VERY inexperienced VPs; Says it all that all of our Chief Level Employees have left.

2.0

Dec 28, 2018

Great first job experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Embraces diversity - strong LGBTQ community (many left now). Hiring - Great first job (or first year) experience. Flexibility to hire your child or ex-colleagues even though they do not have the right matching skill set. This company values trusted work relationship. My co-worker was re-hired after being laid off since their parent is a manager. Grit among competition - The company is apparently the leader in human labeling and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) marketplace. Our product and engineering teams are rapidly catching up with full stack Machine Learning solutions (which are actually using IBM Watson apis under the hood, as learned from recent lunch-and-learn session).

Cons

WFH benefits - I read from recent LinkedIn posts from a co-worker about unreasonable restrictions (e.g. must be very responsive on slack if working from home - slack is used as performance indicator) about recent timeoff and telecommuting discussion. Morale issues - Persistent morale problems in the past 12+ months due to a variety of reasons ranging from sudden departure of all C-suite executives and some leaders/diversity advocates, and layoff. Current leadership team / interim CEO say how much they love the company, and say the company is on the right course - people continue to disappear. Career opportunities - Recruiters noted more than 40% employees are actively looking for jobs based on their LinkedIn profiles. Some of my co-workers have 6 managers in the past 12 months. A few new recruits are directors and thus our promotion from within opportunities are blocked.

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