Does NETGEAR pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, NETGEAR employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at NETGEAR. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at NETGEAR?

29% of NETGEAR employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated NETGEAR 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.2 for culture and values and 2.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at NETGEAR?

Software Engineer (14) , Software Test Engineer (11) , Intern (10) , Director (7) , Senior Engineering Product Manager (5) , Senior Software Engineer (5) , Engineer (4) , Product Manager (4) , Software Test Engineer Co-op (4) , Firmware Developer Co-op (3) , Marketing (3) , Marketing Intern (3) , Operations (3) , Quality Assurance Engineer (3) , Sales Manager (3)

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

"I have been able to promote several people and reward great performers." ((in 32 reviews)); "Benefits were good, not much overtime." ((in 20 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 18 reviews)); "Good work environment and also interesting work" ((in 13 reviews)); "The culture and freedom of working at Netgear is amazing" ((in 9 reviews))

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

"Poor management, lack of support" ((in 22 reviews)); "No work/life balance" ((in 13 reviews)); "The challenge is that even with recent reorganization, much of the current upper and aspiring upper management don't understand or perhaps are unwilling to recognize that the rank and file are extremely overworked and don't feel adequately recognized for their contributions to the business." ((in 11 reviews)); "Managers don’t get reviewed by direct reports, so there’s no accountability." ((in 10 reviews)); "No training approved." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about NETGEAR layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed NETGEAR locations?

San Jose , Carlsbad , San Diego , Santa Clara , Atlanta , New York , Sunnyvale , Salt Lake City , Naperville , Kansas City , Sacramento , Escondido , Fremont , San Francisco , San Leandro , California , Egypt

NETGEAR reviews about "team"

32% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.6

Diversity & inclusion

2.3

Senior management

2.3

Career opportunities

2.2

Culture & values

Ratings by demographic groups

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Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

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Reviews by job title

50 reviews

2.0

Mar 31, 2021

Poor Management, no training, no progression

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The majority of the people in the Technology Service team are good to work with. Ability to work on new projects. Salary and bonus are good

Cons

Complete lack of diversity and inclusion. No training approved. Very poor management and Nepotism. Bully and fear tactics from top management filters down so it’s a challenge to perform well as doing thigs right in NETGEAR is not the way things are done. All projects receive an unrealistic deadline are never achieved so projects are mostly done backwards. Lots of patting on the back for job well done but the reality is very different. Challenge to be motivated in such an environment with very little positives.

2.0

Jan 18, 2020

NETGEAR work environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunity for new grads

Cons

Slow growing teams Unqualified management

4.0

Mar 3, 2021

Good overall experience

Senior accounting manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great management team opportunities for advancement or lateral moves people/culture

Cons

less benefits compared to other Silicon Valley companies lean teams means less flexibility and big workload when something happens work on weekends and holidays during quarter-end close

4.0

Apr 7, 2020

A Good experience handling multiple products

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team, fast moving environment, Weekly lunches

Cons

Salary is below market, low PTO

3.0

Feb 9, 2021

Good company to work for

Senior manager, operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team to work with

Cons

Missing work and life balance

5.0

Mar 4, 2021

Great to see significant investments and resources being put into the software teams

Software development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great, friendly people & teams coupled with interesting problems to solve help make it a fun and challenging environment to work in. As a software team in a hardware-centric company, its delightful to see the company starting to add significant investments and resources to this area.

Cons

For some existing projects where there is a high dependency on offshore assistance, the ability to collaborate as efficiently and effectively with other local teams is impacted.

5.0

May 27, 2021

Great place to grow your career/experience/skills.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great team spirit. - People respect your work. (But you have to do it right) - You can try innovative projects that other corporate would hesitate to do it.

Cons

- Very fast pace schedule. - Lots of projects. (But it becomes a plus to your experience)

5.0

Jan 29, 2021

great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

excellent management team, market leader, great culture

Cons

thin margins make for a lean company

4.0

Feb 28, 2021

Good work envirnment

Buyer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are friendly and easy for team work.

Cons

I cannot think of any for me.

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