Is YouTube a good company to work for?

YouTube has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 2,153 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 Empresário , Avaliador De Anúncios and Avaliador De Mídia Social .

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 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at YouTube?

Content Creator (237) , Youtuber (190) , Video Editor (74) , Software Engineer (45) , Vlogger/Youtuber (44) , 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 56 reviews)); "+ good culture" ((in 46 reviews)); "Good to work for and good pay" ((in 36 reviews)); "work from home is quite easy to work." ((in 28 reviews)); "The benefits in the office are good." ((in 25 reviews))

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

"I had 4 managers in 5 years (same position) and 2 were some of the greatest, most inspiring people ever." ((in 9 reviews)); "NO job security in youtube" ((in 7 reviews)); "CPO, CTO and CEO all like to review every single word that goes out the door." ((in 4 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 YouTube locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte , São Paulo , Brasília

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4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(1,026 total reviews)

Neal Mohan

92% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

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4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Senior management

YouTube has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,026 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Apr 25, 2016

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Pros

Great perks, amazing colleagues, relevant company in the world, great growth, pretty flat

Cons

Some politics, high leadership turnover

5.0

Mar 26, 2016

Presentadora

Presenter

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

My team is incredible.

Cons

There really are not any.

5.0

Mar 3, 2016

YouTube Software Engineer

Software engineer

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Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent and interesting co-workers, very high morale, good compensation, high impact -- billions of users, some creating actual revolutions like the arab spring. Not every employee knows it, but YouTube is what you make of it. You have 20% time to prove your own ideas.

Cons

You're swimming in a very big pond. It can be very slow to launch your feature because of the challenges of scale.

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