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 potential for regaining previous strength" ((in 42 reviews)); "Great culture and platform." ((in 35 reviews)); "The company culture is great; there is very little bureaucracy." ((in 15 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 12 reviews)); "3. Supportive management." ((in 11 reviews))

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

"Below average pay and benefits" ((in 9 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 6 reviews)); "Upper management not sure about the core of the business" ((in 4 reviews)); "Recent mass layoffs" ((in 3 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

Apr 10, 2015

Varied, stimulating, good work/fun balance, lots of perks ;)

Online media campaign manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Internal development team helps create software to make your job easier. Great transparency so feel like you know what's going on at all times. Good perks and lots of socialising. Fun office environment and office snacks!

Cons

Still a relatively new company so are still in the process of developing their benefits scheme.

4.0

Mar 3, 2015

Ask the right questions for sales role

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture and platform. CEO knows that selling ads won't keep the company going for the long term and the entire executive team is aligned with him on that. Very innovative to find other ways to make money with this thing

Cons

I've heard this from folks who left the sales team. Some of the quotas don't line up at all with the few remaining good fit accounts here. Just protect yourself knowing that most of the sales come from a few big accounts and you will likely never hit a huge quota unless you get a big kahuna handed to you who is already shelling out mucho dinero! Otherwise, smile and dial to close a bunch of teeny $10,000 deals that rarerly ever renew. Just make sure you start with a tiny quots for the 1st year and you'll be good! After that, you just farm your accounts. No hunting really.

1.0

Jan 26, 2015

"This company will never go public!"

Employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This was the mantra of the former CEO for years and years.

Cons

Now they are doing the very thing they swore they would never do.

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