Does Photon pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Photon employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Photon. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Photon?

83% of Photon employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Photon 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Photon?

Senior Software Engineer (250) , Software Engineer (180) , Technical Lead (80) , Project Manager (65) , Business Analyst (44) , Software Developer (37) , Business Development Executive (30) , QA Engineer (25) , Devops Engineer (24) , Senior Business Analyst (22) , Tech Lead (20) , Senior QA Engineer (19) , Associate Architect (17) , Senior Graphic Designer (17) , Senior Software Developer (17)

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

"Good company and you can learn new technologies" ((in 80 reviews)); "Pros are only for candidates who uses photons offer as counter offer and get good salary from other companies" ((in 68 reviews)); ". The work culture is good and silent." ((in 66 reviews)); "Good to learn new Technologies and good for freshers and an Awesome place to learn and move to a next level" ((in 47 reviews)); "Good Pay and More exposure in Technical" ((in 47 reviews))

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

"3. You can enjoy the salary you get as there is no work life balance." ((in 219 reviews)); "Management is the worst as you will never get reply from them to sort out issues." ((in 117 reviews)); "Absolutely no job security or support if you’re not on a project — you're just a number" ((in 75 reviews)); "No employee benefits & promotion& bad Mediclaim policy" ((in 51 reviews)); "The project managers have no knowledge and they act like prime minister of India." ((in 47 reviews))

What are employees saying about Photon layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Photon locations?

Dallas , New York , Chicago , Columbus , Irving , Texas City , San Francisco , Alpharetta , Los Angeles , Deerfield , Plano , San Jose , Seattle , Marietta , Jersey City , Houston , San Antonio , Atlanta , Iselin , Raritan , Buffalo Grove , Milwaukee , Tucson , Albuquerque , Washington , Cleveland , Orange , Campbell , Hartford , Norristown

Photon reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(2,821 total reviews)

Srinivas Balasubramanian

86% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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Photon has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,821 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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

Aug 8, 2018

Good Learning Opportunity

Business development executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to interact with other teams Lot of challenges Wide Technology focus Friendly mates

Cons

Work hours might be reduced

Photon Response

7y

Hi,We are glad to hear that you are having an amazing journey at photon.We understand your feedback and we are working on the cons you have mentioned.We wish to look forward for your longer association @Photon.Please write to team-hrbp@photon.in for any further feedback.

3.0

Aug 4, 2018

Good for Learning, Nothing else

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Have lot of opportunities to learn new tech stuffs.

Cons

Very money minded management, job security is less. Onsite opportunities will be given not on merit basis.

Photon Response

7y

We value your feedback and point of view, but we would like to clarify that your opinions seem to be onsided and biased. As you mentioned that the company is providing new opportunities for technical growth, which inturn provides job security. Photon takes pride of being a performance oriented organization. Where onsite opportunities are decided on a multiple factors on which many are not in the organizations control.

4.0

Jul 26, 2018

software engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company to learn Can learn new technologies

Cons

no worklife balance lot of politics

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