Does BenevolentAI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BenevolentAI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BenevolentAI. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BenevolentAI?

50% of BenevolentAI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BenevolentAI 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BenevolentAI?

Software Engineer (13) , Principal Scientist (11) , Industrial Placement Student (5) , Machine Learning Engineer (3) , Product Manager (3) , Scientist (3) , Senior Cheminformatics Data Scientist (3) , Senior Software Engineer (3) , AI Scientist (2) , Business Operations (2) , Internship (2) , Project Manager (2) , Senior Bioinformatics Data Scientist (2) , Senior Product Manager (2) , Senior Scientist (2)

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

"great people to work with" ((in 21 reviews)); "amazing, friendly colleagues" ((in 13 reviews)); "good mission and great team" ((in 12 reviews)); "good office, people are nice" ((in 7 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"I think this largely arises from rapidly overhiring into an environment where there isn't actually a defined product or enough engineering tasks to work on, having ineffective leadership across most functions with no expectations/accountability enforced, academics with no business/product sense being given vast amounts of responsibility for business/product decisions" ((in 4 reviews)); "Management is detached from the actuality of research and development." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about BenevolentAI redundancies in 2026?

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

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BenevolentAI Reviews

3.6

50% would recommend to a friend

(121 total reviews)

François Nader

37% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity and inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture and values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

BenevolentAI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 121 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BenevolentAI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

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Reviews by job title

121 reviews

4.0

Apr 25, 2026

Great place at its peak

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- High autonomy - Strong engineering culture

Cons

Several rounds of mass layoffs

5.0

Apr 2, 2026

Great place to work previously

People ops specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great culture, exciting mission, amazing team

Cons

Company went downhill quickly -- multiple redundancies, wishing them the best for the future

1.0

Mar 30, 2026

Disorganised ELT

Marketing specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Fast learning, innovation and good salary

Cons

Teams are overworked, constant changing brief, lack of direction from leadership

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