Does WhatsApp pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, WhatsApp employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at WhatsApp. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WhatsApp?

83% of WhatsApp employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated WhatsApp 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at WhatsApp?

Software Engineer (4) , Program Manager (3) , Associate (2) , Content Strategist (2) , Manager (2) , Technical Specialist (2)

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

"Good friendly people" ((in 6 reviews)); "Good culture, great perks, hybrid work." ((in 4 reviews)); "The work environment was fast" ((in 4 reviews)); "Good work/ life balance" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about WhatsApp redundancies in 2026?

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

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WhatsApp Reviews

4.4

83% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

Will Cathcart

83% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Culture and values

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Senior management

4.0

Career opportunities

WhatsApp has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The WhatsApp 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

53 reviews

1.0

20 Aug 2011

Terrible Leadership in this company

Mobile developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Very popular app to work on and you are one of the main contributor to the product.

Cons

CEO has low EQ and yelled at you quiet often. Very long working hours. (CEO work very long hours and he always expect you to do the time, and take it for granted.) You will get huge pressure. (from CEO most of the time.)

2.0

13 Apr 2016

not recommended

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

stock grant is negotiable; decent health and vision benefits

Cons

- Product is disorganized because of a lack of product management (founder is personally against having a product manager in the organization) - nothing was done by management when an employee made racist remarks on multiple occasions

4.0

11 June 2012

Good deal

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

high impact app, not a lot of BS, relaxed and sociable atmosphere, free lunch, well-meaning people interested in solving problems

Cons

hard to coordinate behaviors and policies among various client teams + server team

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