Does Chef Software pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Chef Software employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Chef Software. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Chef Software?

72% of Chef Software employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Chef Software 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Chef Software?

Director (5) , Sales (4) , Software Development Engineer (4) , Marketing (3) , Principal Software Engineer (3) , Product Manager (3) , Software Development Engineer II (3) , Regional Director (2)

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

"Great culture" ((in 23 reviews)); "Still some great people" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good benefits, unlimited vacation, pay is good if you’re a man, miserable if you’re not." ((in 9 reviews)); "It is a truly amazing group of people." ((in 3 reviews)); "Lots of opportunity to grow professionally." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"Chef suffers from stale leadership." ((in 6 reviews)); "Apathetic management hurts the standards for hiring and promotion." ((in 5 reviews))

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Chef Software

Acquired by Progress

Chef Software Reviews

4.1

72% would recommend to a friend

(133 total reviews)

Barry Crist

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture and values

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

Chef Software has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Chef Software 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

133 reviews

5.0

Jun 18, 2025

Loved working here

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great people, great product, great culture

Cons

Had issues after purchase, but that is always expected

5.0

Jun 19, 2024

Account Manager

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great company and product that is still being used today

Cons

Management was horrible and at some point they hired people who didn’t know what they were doing. One of the guys in the UK SE team was very openly racist to me.

5.0

Aug 11, 2023

Great team

Sr. customer success manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Chef has an amazing solutions that was supported by an amazing team.

Cons

Sold to a company that was much larger.

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