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Q: How’s the work life balance at your company?

Answered by 10,000+ others in All Departments

The most common answer was "Good" (32%)

Excellent
26%
Good
32%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
11%

Gender

Male

Excellent
26%
Good
33%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 10,000+ Male employees

Female

Excellent
26%
Good
32%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 5,000+ Female employees

Non-Binary

Excellent
19%
Good
26%
Neutral
23%
Not Great
19%
Terrible
13%
Answered by < 100 Non-Binary employees

Ethnicity

34%
Good

Asian or Pacific Islander answered Good the most among all other ethnicities.

  • Caucasian
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • African American/Black
  • Asian or Pacific Islander
  • Native American
  • Other
Excellent
25%
Good
33%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 10,000+ Caucasian
Excellent
27%
Good
31%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 1,000+ Hispanic or Latino
Excellent
23%
Good
28%
Neutral
21%
Not Great
17%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 1,000+ African American/Black
Excellent
29%
Good
34%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
11%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 1,000+ Asian or Pacific Islander
Excellent
24%
Good
33%
Neutral
16%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
13%
Answered by 100+ Native American
Excellent
26%
Good
31%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
12%
Answered by 1,000+ Other

Department

38%
Good

HR answered Good the most among all other departments.

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Executive
  • Operations
  • Admin
  • Business Development
  • Finance
  • Communications
  • Customer Support
  • HR
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Sales
  • Customer Success
Excellent
28%
Good
34%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
12%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Engineering department
Excellent
25%
Good
31%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
16%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Product department
Excellent
22%
Good
33%
Neutral
23%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 500+ working in Design department
Excellent
28%
Good
34%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
12%
Terrible
7%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Marketing department
Excellent
36%
Good
32%
Neutral
15%
Not Great
9%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 500+ working in Executive department
Excellent
21%
Good
29%
Neutral
20%
Not Great
16%
Terrible
14%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Operations department
Excellent
25%
Good
31%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
12%
Terrible
13%
Answered by 500+ working in Admin department
Excellent
32%
Good
35%
Neutral
15%
Not Great
11%
Terrible
7%
Answered by 100+ working in Business Development department
Excellent
25%
Good
32%
Neutral
20%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 500+ working in Finance department
Excellent
28%
Good
35%
Neutral
13%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 100+ working in Communications department
Excellent
23%
Good
32%
Neutral
20%
Not Great
15%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Customer Support department
Excellent
32%
Good
38%
Neutral
15%
Not Great
10%
Terrible
5%
Answered by 500+ working in HR department
Excellent
25%
Good
33%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 1,000+ working in IT department
Excellent
23%
Good
32%
Neutral
16%
Not Great
19%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 100+ working in Legal department
Excellent
25%
Good
30%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
15%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Sales department
Excellent
38%
Good
28%
Neutral
16%
Not Great
9%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 100+ working in Customer Success department

Age

36%
Good

46-50 answered Good the most among all other age groups.

56-60 answered Terrible the least among all other age groups.

  • 18-25
  • 26-30
  • 31-35
  • 36-40
  • 41-45
  • 46-50
  • 51-55
  • 56-60
  • 61-65
  • 66+
Excellent
24%
Good
31%
Neutral
21%
Not Great
15%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 18-25
Excellent
26%
Good
32%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 26-30
Excellent
24%
Good
31%
Neutral
20%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 31-35
Excellent
26%
Good
35%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 36-40
Excellent
25%
Good
33%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 41-45
Excellent
22%
Good
36%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
15%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 46-50
Excellent
20%
Good
36%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
15%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 500+ aged 51-55
Excellent
24%
Good
33%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
16%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 100+ aged 56-60
Excellent
20%
Good
34%
Neutral
21%
Not Great
17%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 100+ aged 61-65
Excellent
20%
Good
32%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
18%
Terrible
12%
Answered by < 100 aged 66+

Education

35%
Good

Bachelor's answered Good the most among all other education levels.

  • High school
  • Some college
  • Associate's
  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral or professional
Excellent
22%
Good
29%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
18%
Terrible
12%
Answered by 500+ with High school education level
Excellent
21%
Good
29%
Neutral
22%
Not Great
15%
Terrible
13%
Answered by 1,000+ with Some college education level
Excellent
21%
Good
29%
Neutral
23%
Not Great
16%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 500+ with Associate's education level
Excellent
25%
Good
35%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 1,000+ with Bachelor's education level
Excellent
28%
Good
34%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
12%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ with Master's education level
Excellent
27%
Good
31%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 100+ with Doctoral or professional education level

Experience

33%
Good

Entry Level answered Good the most among all other segments.

  • Entry Level
  • 1 to 3 Years
  • 3 to 6 Years
  • 6 to 10 Years
  • Over 10 Years
Excellent
29%
Good
33%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
11%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 1,000+ with Entry Level experience
Excellent
28%
Good
31%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ with 1 to 3 Years experience
Excellent
26%
Good
32%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 1,000+ with 3 to 6 Years experience
Excellent
26%
Good
32%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ with 6 to 10 Years experience
Excellent
25%
Good
33%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 5,000+ with Over 10 Years experience

Location

50%
Good

Riverside, CA answered Good the most among all other locations.

San Francisco answered Terrible the least among all other locations.

  • Atlanta
  • Boston
  • Chicago
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Houston
  • Los Angeles
  • Minneapolis
  • New York
  • Phoenix
  • Riverside, CA
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
  • Seattle
  • Washington, DC
Excellent
25%
Good
32%
Neutral
20%
Not Great
12%
Terrible
11%
Answered by 100+ in Atlanta
Excellent
27%
Good
36%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
11%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 500+ in Boston
Excellent
23%
Good
33%
Neutral
20%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 500+ in Chicago
Excellent
27%
Good
28%
Neutral
16%
Not Great
17%
Terrible
12%
Answered by 100+ in Dallas
Excellent
27%
Good
34%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
13%
Terrible
8%
Answered by 100+ in Denver
Excellent
37%
Good
11%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
11%
Terrible
22%
Answered by < 100 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Excellent
29%
Good
29%
Neutral
16%
Not Great
17%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 100+ in Houston
Excellent
28%
Good
32%
Neutral
19%
Not Great
12%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 1,000+ in Los Angeles
Excellent
21%
Good
42%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
10%
Terrible
9%
Answered by < 100 in Minneapolis
Excellent
27%
Good
32%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 1,000+ in New York
Excellent
26%
Good
33%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 100+ in Phoenix
Excellent
33%
Good
50%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
0%
Terrible
0%
Answered by < 100 in Riverside, CA
Excellent
19%
Good
42%
Neutral
14%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
11%
Answered by < 100 in San Diego
Excellent
29%
Good
36%
Neutral
17%
Not Great
11%
Terrible
7%
Answered by 1,000+ in San Francisco
Excellent
24%
Good
33%
Neutral
18%
Not Great
16%
Terrible
9%
Answered by 500+ in Seattle
Excellent
29%
Good
33%
Neutral
14%
Not Great
14%
Terrible
10%
Answered by 500+ in Washington, DC

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