Photon reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(2,796 total reviews)
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Srinivas Balasubramanian

86% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Photon has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,796 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Photon employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
Apr 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Agile environment encourages transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You get strong exposure to team dynamics, stakeholder management, and delivery planning.

Cons

Even with good agile practices, delivery deadlines still create pressure and occasional conflict between speed and process quality.

5.0
Apr 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong exposure to building ETL pipelines, data transformation processes, and handling production-scale datasets. Great place to improve SQL, workflow automation, and troubleshooting skills.

Cons

Certain maintenance tasks and recurring pipeline fixes can feel repetitive, especially once the learning curve levels out.

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