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      Chess.com

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      Chess.com Reviews

      4.1

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (92 total reviews)
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      Erik Allebest

      84% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

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      Chess.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 92 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Chess.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      92 reviews
      5.0
      23 May 2026

      Amazing culture with no significant downsides

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Amazing culture and team mission, best place I've worked in.

      Cons

      In ~2y there haven't been any

      5.0
      15 May 2026

      Great place to work, with room for improvement

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Generally relaxed work culture - Incredible flexibility due to remote work - 99% of people here are good people and fun to work with - Interesting though still niche product - Seeing incredible growth in recent years

      Cons

      - Below market pay (they are working on this) - Lack of clear strategy at times, feels reactive - Senior leadership hired externally has generally been terrible, with a couple exceptions (need more internal promotions/growth) - Lack of solid retention incentives for top talent (though this is slowly improving, a bit late however)

      1.0
      12 May 2026

      From best to worst

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Most of the people you interact with are really nice. Fully remote. Work-life balance is (still) good.

      Cons

      This company used to rule. People loved working here. Culture was amazing. Being an engineer around here was amazing. But now: - Pressure - Reports every 2 hours, because agents don't need more than that for a task (is this even ethical?) - CTO hyper micromanagement - Leadership monitors AI tool usage - Morale is at all time low - 0 enjoyment from the work that you do - Feedback doesn't to flow upward well - (Coming soon) No hand-written code allowed

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