New Relic reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,470 total reviews)
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Ashan Willy

65% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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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5.0
Jan 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

***This is an update to my previous review.*** I've been here going on two years, and New Relic is *still* my favorite place to work. I wanted to update my previous review, because two of the "cons" in my previous review have been addressed by the company: - Health insurance options. They changed health insurance providers and added an additional option. The net result is the health insurance coverage in Washington state are top notch, good quality offering at a decent rate. It is (now) definitely in line with other major companies in the area (in particular, it's as good as Amazon was when I worked there). - Office location. We've moved to our permanent office. Not only is it a great office, but it is much more centrally located and more accessible to transportation options. Only disadvantage transportation-wise to the new location is parking is more expensive than the old office.

Cons

Company is growing quite fast and I am concerned about growing pains -- will our culture continue as we grow? I know it will change, but will it get better or worse? This is an unknown at this time.

1.0
Jan 26, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people Excellent Product Great Locations Decent Leadership Team

Cons

Interview process was among the worst. No communication from HR. Poor follow up Lack respect by HR department for people interviewing Average or below average salaries Poor Bonus Structure Salaries are not competitive Lack of 401K match Stock Option Packages lack equality, and below market. Stock Options not a reason to work here - For a pre-IPO company, stock option allocations for new employees are very small and non-competitive Company does not deliver on it's primises

2.0
Jan 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The Engineering staff is very down to earth, friendly and open to new ideas. The Marketing team and CMO is full of energy.

Cons

I was at New Relic for several years, saw them grow from a smaller location on 2nd and Mission to the palatial estates they are in now. This was a great company that expanded way too fast and in the meantime completely lost it's soul. Most of the Sales staff feels on Edge and word from that department is there are many favorites that are promoted through the ranks quicker because they are well liked and play the political game. This company is like that creepy kid at the lunch table who smiles at you while trying to take your lunch money. At one point from what I heard they re-imbursed sales and marketing folks for their cell phones and then the next it was gone. I had become close friends with the Sales team and was told they also would periodically change language for Sales staff in their compensation plans and say "just sign this - oh it's the same plan you've seen for consecutive quarters!". Meanwhile the entire language would be changed in favor of the company. But they would keep mentioning how great the company is, including the great Nerdvana cafe on the 10th floor. I think most people would prefer better wages than a cafe especially since two Starbucks locations were within a five minute walk. Another con would be the HR department or what was referred to as "People Ops". I personally referred someone who came for an interview and then after 3 months and several emails, calls and even my internal follow up, never received feedback.

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