Does Cognite pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cognite employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cognite. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cognite?

43% of Cognite employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cognite 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cognite?

Software Engineer (18) , Senior Software Engineer (10) , Data Scientist (8) , Data Engineer (6) , Sales (4) , Software Engineer II (4) , Solution Architect (4) , Director of Customer Success (3) , Principal Software Engineer (3) , Product Manager (3) , Project Manager (3) , Account Manager (2) , Anonymous (2) , Customer Success (2) , Customer Success Director (2)

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

"Great people to work with" ((in 38 reviews)); "Great culture and work" ((in 14 reviews)); "Good colleagues to work with" ((in 7 reviews)); "Great benefits" ((in 7 reviews)); "Good opportunities for junior employees to take on responsibilities and learn." ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Management is a bit absent, vision and goals somewhat vague" ((in 7 reviews)); "Improve global branding and communication." ((in 6 reviews)); "Upper management gets changed too often." ((in 4 reviews)); "The current CEO lacks the charisma and customer understanding of the founder and still struggles to make his vision resonate beyond his own executive team." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cognite redundancies in 2026?

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

Cognite Reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(170 total reviews)

Girish Rishi

45% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (170 reviews)

Cognite has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 170 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cognite 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

170 reviews

5.0

8 Jul 2026

Great company

Principal data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- ideal fit for me personally since I have background in oil and gas and signal processing - great benefits including flexibility to work from home and the office whenever I want - great PTO - ability to work across several heavy-asset industries - work is value-add driven

Cons

- I wish the company distributed more equity - the training is typically on the job - sometimes you have to put very long hours

2.0

14 Jun 2026

Pay is low and India office work feels outdated

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

the pay is all base but not particularly high

Cons

India office seems to be a back office getting only outdated work No stock options offered. To this day, most people in the higher ups

3.0

2 Jun 2026

Neutral

Hr manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

I have nothing to add

Cons

Consistent workload, regular changes and shifts in management

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