Does JD Power pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, JD Power employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at JD Power. This rating has decreased by 14% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at JD Power?

56% of JD Power employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated JD Power 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at JD Power?

Research Associate (29) , Software Developer (22) , Manager (21) , Director (20) , Analyst (14) , Project Manager (12) , Senior Manager (10) , Software Engineer (9) , Research Supervisor (8) , Research Manager (7) , Research Specialist (7) , Software Developer Intern (7) , Consultant (6) , Intern (6) , Senior Analyst (6)

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

"benefits were good" ((in 47 reviews)); "Nice culture and great opportunity." ((in 33 reviews)); "Great teams of people who are open to new ideas" ((in 29 reviews)); "Colleagues are helpful and friendly" ((in 20 reviews)); "Flexible work hours, work from home, offices also open." ((in 15 reviews))

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

"Poor management through many changes has given way to no real focus on customer needs with local empire building being the main challenge giving red tape and stifling innovation from the shop floor." ((in 28 reviews)); "Low salaries compared to the market Short" ((in 23 reviews)); "Leadership at senior levels is weak." ((in 12 reviews)); "The company is not good at rooting out bad managers at any level, and they allown know problem "children" to remain in place and cause damage year after year" ((in 11 reviews)); "Senior management is also remote and thinks that communicating from the stage at "town halls" and hiding behind scripted video responses to associates' posed and edited questions substitutes for meaningful dialogue and involvement." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about JD Power layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed JD Power locations?

Troy , Westlake Village , Westlake Village , Los Angeles , Costa Mesa , New York , Chicago , Seattle , Portland , Detroit , Washington , Agoura Hills , Orange , Thousand Oaks , Ontario , Jersey City , Long Island City , Milwaukee , Ann Arbor , Auburn Hills , Warren , Houston , Minneapolis , Chattanooga , Carmel , Calabasas , Santa Ana , Sherman Oaks , San Diego , Denver

JD Power reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(561 total reviews)

Joshua Peirez

30% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Senior management

2.9

Career opportunities

JD Power has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 561 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The JD Power employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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561 reviews

3.0

Aug 4, 2008

Company doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up.

Research supervisor

Recommend

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Pros

It's a nice name to have on your resume. I was surrounded by good people; immediate supervisor and peers were great. Decent benefits, incl. vacation.

Cons

Can get stuck doing the same thing for years. And you can learn how not to do things, esp. with project time lines the way they are. Can't have much faith in the robustness of research: questionable sample, insufficient pretesting. Analytical capabilities good at the corporate level, don't know if they are at the practice level. McGraw-Hill acquisition made business processes very cumbersome. A great deal of time was spent figuring out how to go around the rules to get the work done.

3.0

Aug 3, 2008

Decent place to work with opportunity to grow, but watch being treated like a number.

Research manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great name recognition on your resume. Decent place to work. Lots of opportunity for promotion. The company is growing and have lots of potential opportunity in their market place. The compensation is decent when hired, but when promoted, income increase are very limited. New hires come in at a higher salary than promoted employees. Communition with employees from senior leadership is great. Not a day goes by when they are not cheering us on. From your direct manager recognition is good. Managers consistently support their direct reports. But I think their ability to get employees recognized is limited financially. Managers give great constructive feedback that help work toward employee goals.

Cons

Since being acquired by McGraw Hill, they have become more corporate. Which means more buracracy. Emphasis can be more on processes than free thinking. Do what the process says and don't deviate. Although they say they compensate based on performance, It is near impossible to achieve high performance levels. It would take an act of doubling net income by yourself to be recognized. They have also started treating employees as numbers, with $ attached to your forehead. What makes sense financially, does not mean you can treat emplyees like dirt. Senor management cheerfully touts the importance of employees, but then seems to be two-faced and treats them like dirt.

2.0

Aug 1, 2008

It's a good place to start

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a great way to become comfortable working with large data bases as running reports is necessary in many businesses. JDPA supports work/life balance and is excellent if you have children in that they are very supportive and flexible. It's great on a resume.

Cons

A lot of politics, very 'young' and if you make one person angry or they don't like you, they will black list you. I have seen it happen to a few people there. Very immature and petty. Growth is hard, everything is by 'grade' and there are a lot of 'low' graded employees and a lot of 'high graded' employees, but few in between. Also, most work is with data and gets old and boring quite quickly.

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