Does Goodreads pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Goodreads employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Goodreads. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Goodreads?

48% of Goodreads employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Goodreads 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

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

"The vast majority of my coworkers are super great people and I would call many of them my friends." ((in 5 reviews)); "Great culture" ((in 4 reviews)); "Goodreads is an awesome website and everyone here is super passionate about it" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Goodreads locations?

San Francisco , New York , Washington , San Jose

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Goodreads reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

Libby Roin

Not enough data to show CEO approval

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Career opportunities

2.3

Senior management

Goodreads has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Goodreads employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

22 reviews

2.0

Oct 5, 2023

Stagnation and nonsense

Technical support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

"Startup mindset" with a lot of perks and flexibility.

Cons

Clear divide in treatment depending on where you stand in the hierarchy. Unfocused leadership. It's a stagnant company overall, a walking corpse soon to be fully absorbed by Amazon.

4.0

Apr 27, 2022

Goodreads

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Entertaining Job - Awesome Coworkers - Great start

Cons

- Fast paced - Crazy deadlines - Weird hours

3.0

Jun 1, 2021

Decent

Qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work. New stuff to work on

Cons

Get stagnated after a few years for salary and promo

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