Does Niantic pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Niantic employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Niantic. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Niantic?

69% of Niantic employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Niantic 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Niantic?

Software Engineer (35) , Senior Software Engineer (11) , Product Manager (8) , Software Engineer(Internship) (6) , Staff Software Engineer (6) , Engineering Manager (3) , Marketing (3) , Operations (3) , Producer (3) , 3D Artist (2) , Client Engineer (2) , Designer (2) , Engineering Director (2) , Field Operations Specialist (2) , Game Designer (2)

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

"Great people and teams" ((in 36 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 32 reviews)); "Good work life balance for software engineers" ((in 14 reviews)); "The culture at Niantic is great." ((in 14 reviews)); "pay is good" ((in 13 reviews))

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

"Weak leadership with topdown decision" ((in 15 reviews)); "While managers are always available for advice, they largely try to enable you to set your own direction and work priorities." ((in 7 reviews)); "the upper management is terrible." ((in 7 reviews)); "functional communication." ((in 5 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Niantic layoffs in 2026?

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

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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(229 total reviews)

John Hanke

67% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Niantic has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 229 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Niantic 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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229 reviews

3.0

Apr 27, 2018

Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits. Decent pay. Good people.

Cons

Lots of pressure. Lousy pay.

Niantic Response

Sorry to hear about your experience but appreciate you sharing.

5.0

Apr 1, 2018

Strong Mission, Passionate People, Inspiring Leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Tight-knit workforce filled with passionate people who seem to truly care about Niantic's mission. - CEO John Hanke has a strong moral compass and provides clear direction for the company. - Leadership team is inspiring and admirable. - Incredible tech and exciting future ahead, with strong team members in all departments trail blazing. - You truly feel like you can rely on coworkers to pull their weight and then some. - Nice perks (free breakfast, lunch, and snacks, etc.). - Competitive salary. - Excellent benefits package.

Cons

- Work/Life balance can be rough, with so many ambitious and driven team members setting unreasonably high bars for others. - Transparency could be better, although some efforts are made here and there. - PTO is below average.

Niantic Response

Just wanted to thank you for sharing this!

2.0

Jun 4, 2025

Shitshow

Product manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

good base salary (bigtech level)

Cons

Total shitshow. - management thinks they are godly and everyone in the world is waiting for their tech to arrive to use it (John Hanke is decent but the platform SVP - Brian: ugh) - directors, SVPs are worse. The only ones staying in the spatial spin off are the ones sucking up the staff : zero creativity or problem orientation, just play politics and “alliances” to keep each others careers afloat” - the spatial spin off has no product market fit, no revenue, no customer orientation and no AI researchers!!!! (After raising on behest of AI) Basically Scopely bought the entire company for $3.5B and just retained games. Platform was bought for $0 but they spun off to basically sell the company for talent/data. Their research unfortunately is not even that great. If I have one word for everything Niantic, that would be DELUSIONAL.

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