Does Medium pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Medium employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Medium. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Medium?

83% of Medium employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Medium 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Medium?

Content Writer (14) , Freelance Writer (12) , Writer (12) , Software Engineer (5) , Curator (3) , Anonymous (2) , Executive Assistant (2) , Operations (2) , Product Manager (2) , Technical Writer (2)

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

"The people are great and really kind and open." ((in 14 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 8 reviews)); "Great benefits, including free therapy" ((in 5 reviews)); "Smart coworkers" ((in 3 reviews))

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

"Lack of focus: at times the company, and the management, seem to lack focus and direction." ((in 6 reviews)); "I've come to believe that a financially unhealthy company cannot have a healthy culture, since at the end of the day we're trying to run a business." ((in 6 reviews)); "Leadership constantly changes their mind on product direction" ((in 4 reviews)); "The layoffs at the beginning of 2017 were hard (although the change of strategy was good), and there has been attrition post" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Medium layoffs in 2026?

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

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Item: Medium
Rating: 4
Author: Anonymous employee

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(74 total reviews)

Tony Stubblebine

83% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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4.3

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Medium has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 74 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Medium employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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74 reviews

5.0

Jul 6, 2015

An Exceptional Experience

Chief technology officer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Extremely supportive culture, high engineering standards and great people. Diverse team with a lot of autonomy to do what they think is right.

Cons

When I was there, Medium was still trying to figure out how to make Holacracy work. I am at least partially accountable for that as I was one of the people involved in the decision to adopt Holacracy back in the early day. Constant change is very challenging, even for the best people.

4.0

May 12, 2015

Pays very well; lots of freedom for columns

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Pays very well, feedback and payment received promptly; got to talk to Ev Williams once

Cons

Not much: some "magazines" like War is Boring (the most popular "magazine" during my time) got priority for editing, etc.

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