Does Affectiva pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Affectiva employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Affectiva. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Affectiva?

83% of Affectiva employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Affectiva 4.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.6 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Affectiva?

Intern (3) , Software Engineer (2)

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

"Everyone is honest, hard working, and extremely intelligent!" ((in 3 reviews)); "Great culture and general vibe: Friendly and hard" ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Affectiva redundancies in 2026?

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

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Affectiva

Acquired by Smart Eye

Affectiva Reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Rana el Kaliouby

94% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

5.0

Diversity and inclusion

4.6

Culture and values

4.6

Work/Life balance

4.5

Senior management

4.4

Career opportunities

4.2

Compensation and benefits

Affectiva has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Affectiva 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

28 reviews

2.0

8 Aug 2014

Disconnected with reality.

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

As a startup I got to do a ton of different things, and was learning a lot. Worked with a lot of smart people.

Cons

The true vision of the software was never fully understood and a lot of work was done over and over just because the management didn't know what they wanted. They removed the one product that was profitable to us, and had the ability to actually make a difference by giving back.

5.0

5 July 2016

Defining the emotion technology market

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Affectiva set out to understand human emotion long before any others. Years later, Affectiva is the leader in this space that is growing and continuing to push the technology, define the market and set it sights on it's original vision: to emotion enable the world. We have the market interest, we have a plan, now it's an exciting time to work together and execute. Flexible work hours, great people and now with a true visionary leading the company. Lots of growth potential as there are many opportunities to stand out and those who raise their hand are recognized.

Cons

Small company with a technology that has broad reach. Being able to address all the potential partnerships has lots of people wearing many hats.

4.0

5 Aug 2014

Challenging technology, interesting company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The technical challenges are exciting. Creating the ecosystem, SaaS platform and machine learning provides a respectable set of challenges. Founders provided a clear vision in how the technology could be used to do good in the world and build a profitable business.

Cons

Not the highest paying company. Development team is built with many members who have worked together in the past creating something of a clique. Sometimes there is too much complaining among the rank and file about executive staff decisions. Company seems to have lost sight of the original vision of doing good and giving back to the community.

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