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 197 reviews)); "Culture is great and inclusive" ((in 185 reviews)); "Good benefits and health insurance" ((in 91 reviews)); "Good work life balance there" ((in 82 reviews)); "Good pay for remote positions especially if you live outside the West Coast" ((in 64 reviews))

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

"Senior leadership only thinking about the short term." ((in 68 reviews)); "Bad management especially in engineering teams that trickle down to the directors below." ((in 59 reviews)); "C suite leadership has openly gone back on promises and there are annual layoffs" ((in 53 reviews)); "There are a couple of managers who are amazing but you can tell they are being held back by the senior leaders of the group." ((in 21 reviews)); "The company runs entirely on politics and favoritism." ((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

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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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Mar 31, 2014

Support is respected

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome people Rapid change in product Developers respect support Hard problems to solve that keep you learning Watching a startup grow up Great office with a fantastic view!

Cons

Not a lot of promotion within support A bit heavy on the number of managers to non managers ratio Only 20 days of PTO per year (sick and vacation)

3.0

Mar 2, 2014

A mixed bag.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ solid core product + solid benefits + high quality technical team + executive team has earned the company's respect + technical culture of excellence (focused on quality, process)

Cons

- poor engineering management - very rapidly growing bureaucracy - short-sighted attitude towards career development - stated values and actual expectations frequently at odds - growing to meet the expectations of an IPO instead of the market - overly aggressive expectations for sales - poor coordination between offices - product management is losing focus as number of products grows - quality of new hires is dropping in rush to grow

2.0

Feb 15, 2014

Culture has eroded

Sales - account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Product, will get bought out or go public

Cons

Leadership on sales side is weak (with the exception of a few). Amazing culture is gone. Everything "Preached" doesn't occur

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