Does Cockroach Labs pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cockroach Labs employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cockroach Labs. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cockroach Labs?

63% of Cockroach Labs employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cockroach Labs 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cockroach Labs?

Software Engineer (10) , Member Of Technical Staff (9) , Account Executive (5) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (4) , Sales (3) , Sales Engineer (3) , Enterprise Account Executive (2) , People Team (2) , Senior Manager (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2) , Software Engineer(Internship) (2) , Technical Support Engineer (2)

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

"great place and people would recommend" ((in 18 reviews)); "Great people and culture too" ((in 16 reviews)); "Really compelling product and a (then) great team backing it." ((in 7 reviews)); "Great work life balance." ((in 6 reviews)); "Good benefits." ((in 4 reviews))

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

"Management saying that attrition is normal for industry is not fooling anyone, as people see their strongest colleagues leave or get sacked." ((in 5 reviews)); "Running out of money, Product too niche and difficult to deploy, Leadership checked out and detached from business." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cockroach Labs redundancies in 2026?

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

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Cockroach Labs Reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(91 total reviews)

Spencer Kimball

81% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Culture and values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Cockroach Labs has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 91 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cockroach Labs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

91 reviews

1.0

9 Jan 2025

Think twice about joining

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good database product. Happy customers.

Cons

Can be a very toxic place. Lack of strategy and execution. Particularly in EMEA. Lots of changes to open-source, which has not generated the outcome the company was hoping for. Price and packaging changes weekly.

2.0

25 Jul 2023

Unreasonable

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

-flexible working - good tech stack

Cons

No one has a clue where the company is going Revolving door Expensive product

4.0

20 Mar 2025

Great company with some growing pains

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great technology, great people and a real opportunity to get involved in all kinds of things across the business from nuts-and-bolts technical all the way through to business development.

Cons

Bit of a culture clash between the US leadership and the RoW as the focus becomes more and more on scaling the business.

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