Is YouTube a good company to work for?

YouTube has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 2,157 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 87% of employees would recommend working at YouTube to a friend and 80% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about YouTube have been left by employees working as Software Engineer , Video Editor and Vlogger/Youtuber .

Does YouTube pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, YouTube employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at YouTube. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at YouTube?

87% of YouTube employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated YouTube 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at YouTube?

Content Creator (237) , Youtuber (190) , Video Editor (74) , Software Engineer (45) , Vlogger/Youtuber (45) , Empresário (39) , Avaliador De Anúncios (37) , Editor de Vídeo (36) , Digital Content Creator (26) , Criador De Conteúdo (22) , Senior Software Engineer (16) , Content Writer (14) , Editor (14) , Strategic Partner Manager (13) , Freelancer (12)

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

"It’s great love the people" ((in 59 reviews)); "+ good culture" ((in 45 reviews)); "Good to work for and good pay" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good in work life balance" ((in 27 reviews)); "Work from home is great" ((in 26 reviews))

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

"Bad leadership, very siloed organization" ((in 10 reviews)); "I had 4 managers in 5 years (same position) and 2 were some of the greatest, most inspiring people ever." ((in 9 reviews)); "NO job security in youtube" ((in 8 reviews)); "CPO, CTO and CEO all like to review every single word that goes out the door." ((in 4 reviews)); "It is not a fixed salary and paid very less for vary hard work and time invested in it." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about YouTube layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed YouTube locations?

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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,029 total reviews)

Neal Mohan

92% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Senior management

YouTube has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,029 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The YouTube 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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4.0

Jan 4, 2015

A creative and fun environment to start exploring one's talents and hobbies.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Can be suited to almost anyone's time schedule. There is a lot of freedom, creativity, and independent thinking involved.

Cons

Extremely competitive area since anyone can come in and create videos in similar categories. Without source of income, the technology required for decent quality cameras set up, video editing and sound synch will be difficult.

5.0

Dec 19, 2014

Was a Great Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun environment Wonderful team At the intersection of YouTube and Dreamworks Animation

Cons

Unfortunately, the show is not continuing

5.0

Oct 28, 2014

youtube 2008

Swe

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

small, fast, passion, a super cool brand, traffic grows like crazy, new office building, nice decoration

Cons

already acquired by google, spending a lot of time to integrate with google platform

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