Does Spiceworks Ziff Davis pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Spiceworks Ziff Davis employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Spiceworks Ziff Davis. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Spiceworks Ziff Davis?

49% of Spiceworks Ziff Davis employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Spiceworks Ziff Davis 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Spiceworks Ziff Davis?

Account Executive (11) , Client Success Manager (9) , Software Developer (9) , Manager (8) , Sales (8) , Account Director (5) , Software Engineer (5) , Marketing (4) , Account Manager (3) , Email Marketing Specialist (3) , Lead Generation Specialist (3) , Senior Account Executive (3) , Senior Software Engineer (3) , Business Development Executive (2) , Client Success (2)

What are the pros of working at Spiceworks Ziff Davis according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and tech and Infra" ((in 38 reviews)); "Great culture and platform." ((in 34 reviews)); "The company culture is great; there is very little bureaucracy." ((in 14 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 14 reviews)); "Great team and you're constantly busy" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Spiceworks Ziff Davis according to real employee reviews?

"Morale is incredibly low since the layoffs, and it doesn't seem to be getting better." ((in 11 reviews)); "Below average pay and benefits" ((in 10 reviews)); "After new leadership and internal changes, everything went to hell." ((in 8 reviews)); "The odds of working for a bad manager are pretty high (sales and media operations seem to have the most problems)." ((in 7 reviews)); "Upper management not sure about the core of the business" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Spiceworks Ziff Davis layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Spiceworks Ziff Davis locations?

Austin , New York , Boston , Chicago , Phoenix

Spiceworks Ziff Davis reviews

3.4

49% would recommend to a friend

(249 total reviews)

Steve Horowitz

60% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

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Spiceworks Ziff Davis has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spiceworks Ziff Davis 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

249 reviews

5.0

Aug 1, 2016

Growing pains, but still a solid company at its core.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Being surrounded by smart, dedicated people that help push and motivate you to up your game. Leadership that genuinely cares about their users, their clients, and their employees. The ability to set your own goals, determine the best way to impact the business, and then roll up your sleeves and make it happen. Loads of opportunity to shine, own programs, try new things, grow and learn.

Cons

After years of hitting supper aggressive goals the expectations can be high, and communications and the development of processes have sometimes suffered as the employee base grew at an amazingly fast pace.

3.0

Jul 27, 2016

Inflated ego and lack of diversity

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Regular start up perks like free food and booze

Cons

The main job of everyone there is to love spiceworks. Constantly brag about how great it is. Not all the leadership is well informed, which is why it is so difficult to get things done correctly or at all. When your boss doesn't know what they are looking for and cannot explain what needs to be accomplished how are you going to know what you are doing? This didnt seem to be a problem as long as everyone was just in love with Spicerex. If they spent more time paying attention to the work and not just the brand, they probably wouldn't have had to layoff so many people. The other glaring issue is how few minorities work there and how hard it is to fit in if you are not a over privileged white person. The parking garage has tons of upscale expensive cars and almost every group of new hires is almost exclusively white. While I know this is Austin and just comes with working in tech in most cases, having a bad manager and not having much in common with coworkers makes for a tense experience.

5.0

Jul 25, 2016

Going through some changes - but still an awesome company!

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-You will have the opportunity to work with dedicated, passionate and really smart people, who might become some of your closest friends -Tons of free food, but overall really promotes healthy lifestyle and work / life balance (gym onsite, free fitness classes, discounted gym membership) - Lots of social and team building activities throughout the year Its true the company is going through some growing pains, but it does feel genuine that the changes taking place are to help the company become better aligned across departments and refocus the organization positively.

Cons

- Traffic can be annoying - 401K matching would be nice, although you do get stock options

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