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

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
4.0
10 Feb 2025

CTO doesn't do anything

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Chess is first, chess pros for colleagues, and Erik is boss

Cons

The chess market is subject to wild external swings, making it harder to determine our effect.

2.0
8 Jul 2025

Interesting product, challenging teams

Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Depending on your team, projects can be fun, with direct feedback from consumers. * Work on a product enjoyed by millions of users in a fast-growing environment. * Some great people in the company. * Flexibility over where you work (100% remote) * Annual international all-inclusive retreat

Cons

* A number of senior members of staff at the company lack decent people skills, and do not act in the interest of their colleagues. This can lead to some catastrophic issues for people at the company. * The company functions like a “family”. Depending on how you value that, this could be a pro. However, it also leads to a lack of transparency around formal processes. * All overseas staff outside US are contractors: no healthcare, pension, etc. * Slow career progression with not a lot of opportunities to grow. * Fully-remote company with poor resources in their People/HR teams - slow response times, poor communication in the case of issues which need to be addressed. * A lot of employees working very independently, and not a lot of joint up work across teams. * Several periods of layoffs impacting job confidence.

5.0
2 May 2023

Incredible!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing culture, very warm and encouraging, total flexibility. Could not be happier with my decision to work here.

Cons

The company is growing which in itself is a positive, but that comes with it's own set of challenges. I feel like we've handled them very well so far.

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