Does Unwired Planet pay their employees well?

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

How satisfied are employees working at Unwired Planet?

44% of Unwired Planet employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Unwired Planet 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Unwired Planet?

Manager (3) , (2) , Senior Manager (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Software Engineer (2)

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

"Some good people." ((in 9 reviews)); "Competitive salary" ((in 4 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 4 reviews)); "Cool Technology." ((in 3 reviews)); "The company now has a good CEO who will possibly drive the company towards the right direction." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"no innovation" ((in 3 reviews)); "some management is arrogant and has too much hubris" ((in 3 reviews)); "4. Bad morale among employees as you don't know if your next to get the axe, and no one actively listens to what you have to say about improving things anyway." ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Unwired Planet layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Unwired Planet locations?

Redwood City , Palo Alto , Broomfield , Bellevue

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Unwired Planet reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(50 total reviews)

Eric Vetter

100% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Unwired Planet has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unwired Planet 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

50 reviews

3.0

Nov 29, 2010

Why OPWV?

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some interesting work and challenges, good salary and benefits. Some good people.

Cons

very demanding customer base, employee burnout, long hours, company shrinking, long history of upper level management churn, though more stable last couple of years. Large amount of engineering outsourced; problematic. IMHO will continue to struggle and decline. Very little employee training or general education other than product-specific.

2.0

Oct 26, 2010

Losing the high tech battle

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay reasonably well, high tech, you can work fairly independent, are in good market provided products and solutions get R&D attention.

Cons

Company has lost its edge a high tech supplier with cutting edge niche products and solutions. Have 'milked' cashcow products until it was too late without new 'stars'. Staff generally not treated with highest respect; as they say 'use, abuse, throw away' or 'hire & fire' mentality..... Company is an accellerating downward spiral.

2.0

Aug 21, 2010

When in doubt, lay off the engineers

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good pay and benefits; smart and talented co-workers (until they got laid off); generally interesting technology to work with; flexible working environment.

Cons

Constant layoffs (I was there for ~10 years and there were at least 12 rounds of layoffs I can recall, possibly more) resulting in so many talented people being squandered; years of pointless and costly acquisitions with no benefit; revolving door of incompetent senior executives and terrible CEOs; empty promises to employees and shareholders about product vision and company growth; executive disdain for R&D led to a slew of development offices being closed.

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