Is New Relic a good company to work for?

New Relic has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 1,578 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at New Relic to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about New Relic have been left by employees working as Solutions Consultant , Technical Support Engineer and Lead Software Engineer .

Does New Relic pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, New Relic employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at New Relic. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at New Relic?

62% of New Relic employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated New Relic 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at New Relic?

Software Engineer (107) , Senior Software Engineer (100) , Account Executive (70) , Technical Support Engineer (43) , Enterprise Account Executive (42) , Sales (27) , Solutions Consultant (25) , Engineering Manager (18) , Lead Software Engineer (18) , Senior Solutions Consultant (18) , Sales Representative (15) , Technical Account Manager (14) , Manager (13) , Senior Account Executive (13) , Senior Technical Support Engineer (13)

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

"The people at New Relic are great to work with and very helpful!" ((in 189 reviews)); "Culture is great and inclusive" ((in 182 reviews)); "Good benefits and health insurance" ((in 96 reviews)); "Good work life balance there" ((in 71 reviews)); "Good pay for remote positions especially if you live outside the West Coast" ((in 57 reviews))

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

"Senior leadership only thinking about the short term." ((in 61 reviews)); "Bad management especially in engineering teams that trickle down to the directors below." ((in 60 reviews)); "C suite leadership has openly gone back on promises and there are annual layoffs" ((in 56 reviews)); "Middle management feels disempowered in many cases" ((in 10 reviews)); "No job security." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about New Relic layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed New Relic locations?

San Francisco , Portland , Atlanta , New York , Seattle , Boston , Los Angeles , Chicago , Raleigh , Austin , Dallas , Philadelphia , Washington , South San Francisco , Miami , Minneapolis , San Jose , Dallas-Fort Worth , Jersey City , Boise , Salt Lake City , Illinois City , Phoenix , Scottsdale , Portland , Fayetteville , Cary , Fuquay Varina , Houston , Irvine

New Relic reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,470 total reviews)

Ashan Willy

65% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

New Relic has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,470 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New Relic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Jul 16, 2026

Best company to work with

Senior manager - sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work life balance. Awesome growth. - Amazing leaders to work with and learn from - "Relics" here are so good to work with.. positive, accountable, helpful. - Everyone here that i have worked with so far.. focuses on working and improving their own work instead of pulling other people down or doing any sort of politics. infact, everyone is so so helpful and always are keep ton learn and share knowledge to one another. - Visionary company that I would love to see grow.

Cons

None, New Relic is the best!!

4.0

Jul 15, 2026

Flexible roles but lack of stability and structure

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Feels like a start up, a lot of flexibility in the roles responsabilities.

Cons

Bad structure, they keep changing things every quarter.

New Relic Response

2d

Thank you for the 4-star review! We're glad you enjoy the flexibility and startup feel of your role. We hear your feedback regarding the pace of organizational changes and are committed to continuously improving and refining our operations as we grow.

2.0

Jul 10, 2026

Flexible work culture but unstable leadership situation

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work culture and good tech stack

Cons

Entire senior tech leadership team has almost quit or are currently on the fence not a secure place to be New Grads joining this organization to double click on their choices as most of the leaders who had interviewed them have moved on Do not go by the fake reviews added on LinkedIn do your due diligence

New Relic Response

2d

Thank you for the feedback. We’re glad you value the flexible culture and tech stack. We understand leadership transitions can be challenging and are focused on supporting our teams. Please know we value transparency and only encourage genuine, voluntary reviews from our employees.

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