Headspace reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(381 total reviews)
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Tom Pickett

17% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

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).

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381 reviews
1.0
May 11, 2017
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Pros

The people. They are hard working, energetic, compassionate and all around amazing. The food is catered and the space is beautiful.

Cons

The execs and management have taken everything from the employee at Headspace. There is no feeling of growth, there is no feeling of compassion, and there is always feeling of loss. We have let go of some of the most valuable, and lovely people at Headspace. Their loss has made us all question where we stand and why we're here. Our mission is to improve the health and happiness of the world, yet we have not been able to take care of our own. The CEO has always told us to be honest and transparent yet we have an oustside consultant literally destroying the company from the inside. It seems as though when she peaks around a corner, the next within eye gaze is fired or let go. We have loss track of our mission, and our sights have felt more "for-profit" than ever before. "Watch your back" seems to be the new mission statement.

1.0
Jan 2, 2026

Profitability Over People

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Headspace brought together some of the kindest, brightest, and most compassionate people I’ve ever worked with in healthcare. Many of them have become lifelong friends. - I also appreciated the prior leadership team, who genuinely invested in mentoring us and supporting our individual growth and success. - Unlimited PTO (which you could use before entire teams were gutted and you actually had coverage)

Cons

Where do I begin? Profitability has become the singular focus of the new leadership team. While financial stability is necessary for any business, the mission has drifted far from what many of us on the legacy Ginger and Headspace teams worked so hard to build - it's barely recognizable at this point. We’ve shifted from being member-obsessed to profit-obsessed. Leadership’s decisions are impulsive, desperate, and inconsistent, creating constant whiplash across the organization. We’ve now gone through multiple layoffs: one in 2024 that came with big promises of meaningful change for our product and members (which never materialized beyond adding AI), and another in 2025, again right before the holidays. The culture has evaporated. Employees are routinely gaslit - concerns are dismissed, reality is reframed to fit leadership’s narrative, and any challenge to direction is treated as a lack of alignment rather than a genuine attempt to help. People operate under constant fear: fear of layoffs, fear of being blamed for leadership’s rushed decisions, fear of speaking up. At times, it genuinely feels less like leadership is trying to right the ship and more like they’re steering it toward the rocks. Strategic direction is unclear, data is misread, decisions are rushed, and transparency is nonexistent. It’s a painful thing to watch from the inside.

1.0
Feb 20, 2024

don't care about own employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- its remote and you could grow out of a clinician role hopefully. - its a brand name.

Cons

- poor C- suite, who constantly spin stories and gaslight. - dont care about their employees as long as they have money flowing in.

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