Does WatchGuard Technologies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, WatchGuard Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at WatchGuard Technologies. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WatchGuard Technologies?

65% of WatchGuard Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated WatchGuard Technologies 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at WatchGuard Technologies?

Software Engineer (28) , Senior Software Engineer (12) , Channel Account Manager (6) , Sales (6) , Associate Software Engineer (5) , Software Developer (5) , Technical Support Engineer (5) , Technical Support Representative II (5) , Marketing (4) , Technical Support Representative I (4) , Territory Account Manager (4) , Intern (3) , Manager (3) , Product Manager (3) , QA Engineer (3)

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

"The people and the workplace were great." ((in 24 reviews)); "Formerly great culture." ((in 22 reviews)); "Good work life balance and to grow" ((in 16 reviews)); "Good benefits and 401k." ((in 15 reviews)); "Teams and managers are good" ((in 9 reviews))

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

"low pay" ((in 12 reviews)); "The only think I think of low salary but other than that WatchGuard is awesome" ((in 11 reviews)); "bad compensation, bad senior management" ((in 4 reviews)); "on your own with little training" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about WatchGuard Technologies redundancies in 2026?

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

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3.9

65% would recommend to a friend

(255 total reviews)

Joe Smolarski and Prakash Panjwani

70% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture and values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

WatchGuard Technologies has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 255 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WatchGuard Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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255 reviews

3.0

Aug 8, 2021

Good Place for Biginners

Support worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Friendly environment, work-life balance, flexible, good managers.

Cons

Extremely low pay. Yearly pay increase next to nothing. Hard work does not pay off, smart work does (looking busy, doing nothing) kind of work.

5.0

Apr 23, 2018

TECHNICAL SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good environment Helpful colleagues supportive company Good management Soo much to learn especially about IT

Cons

The only think I think of low salary but other than that WatchGuard is awesome

4.0

Mar 11, 2016

Awesome enviroment

Tsr i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Great workplace . - Fantastic coworkers. - Great manager .

Cons

Promotion is not base on your performance .

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