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 62 reviews)); "+ good culture" ((in 44 reviews)); "Good to work for and good pay" ((in 32 reviews)); "Working as a Youtube content creator is great because you can work from home or aynwhere else in the world." ((in 27 reviews)); "Good in work life balance" ((in 24 reviews))

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

"Low salary paid by the advertises" ((in 19 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)); "Bad management did not enjoy it" ((in 7 reviews)); "NO job security in youtube" ((in 7 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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YouTube reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,029 total reviews)

Neal Mohan

92% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

May 6, 2014

Love working here

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brilliant and fun coworkers, great benefits, awesome & transformative product.

Cons

Competitive atmosphere among employees. Sometimes product is too iterative and leadership doesn't take risks to transform things more radically

5.0

May 6, 2014

Work hard play hard

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

technology is top notched, excellent tech support, very smart people to work with

Cons

difficult to get in permanently

4.0

May 1, 2014

Video Production

Video production

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Making videos and then being offered monetization on your account was great, there was no effort involved as it wasn't a goal to be a personal job. It was offered to me based upon the success of my existing videos.

Cons

Very small amounts of communication between the sponsors and YouTube to you, and very heavily based on audience size and how much they watch. This is a very unstable form of income.

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