Does Wind River pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Wind River employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Wind River. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Wind River?

58% of Wind River employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Wind River 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Wind River?

Member Of Technical Staff (32) , Software Engineer (28) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (22) , Senior Software Engineer (17) , Director (12) , Account Manager (10) , Engineer (10) , Sales (10) , Senior Engineer (10) , Manager (9) , Cloud Engineer (7) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (7) , Devops Engineer (6) , Project Manager (6) , Senior Manager (6)

What are the pros of working at Wind River according to real employee reviews?

"great place and people." ((in 85 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 48 reviews)); "Good benefits and good project" ((in 46 reviews)); "a good salary" ((in 32 reviews)); "Your colleagues become great friends and long time connections." ((in 22 reviews))

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

"Bad management" ((in 29 reviews)); "They are heartless about layoffs, will fire thousands of employees each quatter without any problem." ((in 24 reviews)); "The inside managers have no pull with the field management to get their people promoted." ((in 10 reviews)); "Upper management is not aware or does not listen to the actual requirements of long standing customers using the product." ((in 8 reviews)); "Senior Management is disrespectful of employees." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Wind River redundancies in 2026?

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

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3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(656 total reviews)

Avijit Sinha

47% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity and inclusion

3.5

Culture and values

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Wind River has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 656 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wind River 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

656 reviews

5.0

24 Jul 2020

A serious company delivering serious technology - and a great place to learn

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

* World beating technology. From best in class RTOS, to virtualisation for IoT & CSPs to CPU simulation . . if you are an OS geek there really is no better company to work for. Deep expertise in our chosen markets. * Mature management processes. From DevSecOps to CMMi certification, Wind River delivers life critical software and has the internal processes to match. * Real focus on its employees. More than just buzzwords, a real effort is made to ensure work/life balance. Great benefits, flexible ways of working, very open to trying new ideas.

Cons

* Very few. Working in mission critical systems, there is unavoidable preasure to hit delivery commitments.

3.0

5 Apr 2025

Culture at WindRiver

Senior cloud engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Team is very dynamic Team is collaborative The company supports employees really well The company allows you to progress

Cons

Compensation is quite low Need more benefits There should be more company days out

4.0

17 Jun 2021

Great work environment but...

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

My 60 days experience at Wind River. I am surprised by the 30-60-90 onboarding program which WR is providing. Everything is very well structured with a very comprehensive resources and training sessions. I like a lot the team spirit and the attitude towards new hires. It makes you feel comfortable from the early interview stages. The company is well established on the market within its niche - embedded solutions but the marketing aspect is lacking a lot. [...] I like a lot the collaboration between the teams from different regions/territories which is vital in my opinion. It is an interesting and exciting experience in this industry. I recommend this place for people interested in working with the embedded solutions.

Cons

[...] Unfortunately, the lack of strong marketing tools and efforts to make the company known worldwide, makes it to lose a lot in front of its competitors. Also, there is a discrepancy between marketing department and sales department which makes the work sometimes to be a little bit difficult. In my opinion, if these two departments would unify their efforts, the company would achieve much better results in the end.

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