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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3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

Libby Roin

Not enough data to show CEO approval

41% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (22 reviews)

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

3.0

Jun 11, 2025

Decent place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance and friendly coworkers Lots of ownership and opportunity for impact since the team is small

Cons

Older tech stack, technical debt

5.0

Jan 19, 2024

Nabsbsh

Sde-intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment Good Team Great work life balance

Cons

Nothing as such No cons

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

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