Does Headspace pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Headspace employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Headspace. This rating has decreased by 12% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Headspace?

29% of Headspace employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Headspace 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.5 for culture and values and 2.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Headspace?

Therapist (43) , Coach (13) , Senior Software Engineer (11) , Behavioral Health Coach (9) , Software Engineer (9) , Mental Health Coach (8) , Remote Mental Health Coach (7) , Sales (7) , Health Coach (6) , Mental Health Clinician (6) , Anonymous (5) , Marketing (5) , Account Executive (4) , Engineer (4) , Manager (4)

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

"Great people at the company" ((in 43 reviews)); "Great benefits with every other Friday off." ((in 37 reviews)); "Great culture and values driven work" ((in 34 reviews)); "Great work life balance" ((in 22 reviews)); "talented team" ((in 20 reviews))

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

"management has issues and company experienced multiple layoffs over one year" ((in 21 reviews)); "It's either ignored or covered up by upper management." ((in 11 reviews)); "Poor communication from senior leaders about what the goals are Poor planning overall around OKRs." ((in 11 reviews)); "Clinical side of the house is not valued Inexperienced Managers" ((in 10 reviews)); "The 4.5 day workweeks are gone and the CEO just announced RTO with no clear justification." ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Headspace layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Headspace locations?

Santa Monica , Los Angeles , San Francisco , New York , Denver , Phoenix , California City , Seattle , Tampa , Atlanta , Chicago , Washington , Charlotte , Austin , Huntsville , Hampton , Virginia Beach , Hamburg , Rochester , Madison , Bozeman , Saco , Dallas , Texas City , Honolulu , Philadelphia , Cincinnati , Fresno , Santa Clara , Santa Barbara

Headspace reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(381 total reviews)

Tom Pickett

17% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

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Headspace has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 381 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Headspace employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

381 reviews

1.0

Jul 5, 2019

This place is a contradictory mess

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance, friendly coworkers, nice space, okay benefits

Cons

Poor leadership, even worse HR, hopeless product strategy.

Headspace Response

6y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We're glad to hear about the pros you listed and are sorry to hear about the negative aspects you've mentioned -- which sounds completely contrary to the work experience we strive for. If you're open to having a candid, confidential conversation to address these concerns, I'm more than happy to take some time to chat. Every bit of feedback like this helps us take steps to improve. Thank you! Caroline Escalante VP of People Operations

5.0

May 24, 2019

Great place to work

Backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent compensation and benefits. Leadership is great. Talented group of people overall.

Cons

Engineering org is experiencing some growing pains, otherwise not much.

4.0

May 10, 2019

Genuine Review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- good culture considering we have over 300 people in the company - free food and snacks - bunch of social events - inclusive

Cons

- construction, we have to walk out on the street to go to another building

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