Substack Reviews

4.6

82% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

82% positive business outlook

Substack has an employee rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Substack employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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15 reviews
4.0
15 Jul 2021

Great opportunities

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexibility freedom remote work scalability

Cons

Precarious Insecure time-consuming inconsistent risky

5.0
23 Mar 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fantastic place to work. We're a young enough company that the people are here because they believe in the mission, which makes for a very vibrant environment. I've worked at big companies, and the people here have more diverse backgrounds. They're all here because they care about writing. The engineering is also much more fun than at big companies. If you want to make a change or add an API, it's not weeks of approvals. You can just do it. I debated for a long time if it was worth leaving the familiar comfort of the big companies, and my only regret is that I didn't join Substack a year or two earlier. Many of my favorite writers write for Substack, and the media regularly writes stories about us. It's an exciting place to be.

Cons

Not all the perks you'd expect at Facebook or Google. Not shabby, by any means, but not the outright pampering you get with FAANG.

5.0
1 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

High talent bar, lots of freedom, unlimited PTO, fully remote. What's not to like!

Cons

Leadership are better founders than they are at actually running the company

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