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Freshworks Senior Software Engineer Reviews

Updated 28 Feb, 2025

Overall Rating

3.3/5

based on 41 reviews

Rating distribution

5

6 (14.6%)

4

17 (41.5%)

3

9 (22.0%)

2

6 (14.6%)

1

3 (7.3%)

Category Ratings

3.4

Work-life balance

3.2

Company culture

3.2

Salary

3.1

Skill development

3.0

Work satisfaction

2.9

Job security

2.8

Promotions

What employees say about Freshworks?

Insights from employee reviews on AmbitionBox

Workplace insights

Monday to Friday

93% employees reported

Flexible timing

100% employees reported

No travel

81% employees reported

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Gender based rating

3.2

Rated by Women

7 reviews

3.3

Rated by Men

34 reviews

Freshworks is rated 3.3 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 41 company reviews.This rating reflects an average employee experience, indicating moderate satisfaction with ... Read more

Freshworks is rated 3.3 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 41 company reviews.This rating reflects an average employee experience, indicating moderate satisfaction with the company’s work culture, benefits, and career growth opportunities. AmbitionBox gathers authentic employee reviews and ratings, making it a trusted platform for job seekers and employees in India.

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Contractual

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Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

5.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 03 Jan 2025

Likes

Wide varities of Free Food - Morning, Noon, Dinner and Midnight Free Snacks and Beverages - All Days, Every Alternate Friday - Popcorn with seasoning Diwali Gifts, Quarterly Rewards Instant appreciation and Respectful management Cab facility for EU and US Shifts Beautiful atmosphere No Strict Dress Code Good salary Package Lot of new learning for employees of Product Team Perfect Work Life Balance for Sales, Presales, Marketing, CSM, AE, AM, PMP They Provide Absolutely Free of Cost 2 years Internship program for Software Engineer training for students passed out of 12th standard. Employees are contracted from other companies for GTM roles and treated well without partiality as their own employees Quarterly - All hands meeting and Monthly - Project specific all hands meeting Open to improvement IT support team is Par Excellence...Read More

Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

No Job Security Minimal/Less Work Life Balance for Dev and Product Team. Freshers and Upto 2 years experience are overpressured to complete deliverables Recruitment only based on Referrals Exposure to peer department would be minimal

Job security - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Feb 2025

Likes

Skill development - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Overall Rating

Good

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Senior Software Engineer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 23 Dec 2024

Likes

Good food good work-life balance some teams have good work. Teammates are friendly

Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Frequent reorgs and layoffs, used to be great org and employee friendly before.

Job security - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work timings: Flexible Timings

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Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Dec 2024

Likes

Nothing

Dislikes

Everything. Employees are treated like expendables. Forced to work on weekends, no appreciation, no hikes / promotion

Salary - Poor
Skill development - Poor
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Poor

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Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 30 Sep 2024

Likes

Some people are good to work with.

Dislikes

Most of the people are negative and are not easy to work with.

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Read Freshworks Senior Software Engineer Reviews based on locations

3.5

Chennai

(23)

3.2

Bangalore / Bengaluru

(11)

2.4

Hyderabad / Secunderabad

(5)

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 11 Sep 2024

Likes

Good products to work on.

Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Work life balance Low compensation compared to market standards Some managers are micro managers

Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Poor

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

Category Ratings

1.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

1.0

Promotions

1.0

Work satisfaction

1.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 04 Sep 2024

Likes

Food and culture are the only good thing

Dislikes

Company's recent layoff policy

Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Jul 2024

Likes

Work is simple , there is nothing

Job security - Good

Dislikes

Products have became a mess , mostly new people are there who doesn’t understand the code base and people are clueless what to do next

Salary - Poor
Promotions - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 15 May 2024

Likes

Work life balance is ok Good free food Pay is good

Dislikes

Upper management is toxic and clueless No proper vision Simply running behind AI craze

Skill development - Bad
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 12 May 2023

Likes

Its a great product based company. You can get exposure to lot kf different tech stacks and you'll feel responsible for the tasks that ur working on. Great learning experience.

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Promotions depends on how much you have a good bonding with your manager and how willing is he to fight for it. Salary is somewhat low compared to market standards.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai (working remotely)

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 11 Apr 2024

Likes

Work culture

Salary - Good
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Career progression is a concern

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 16 Oct 2023

Likes

Working on a high-scale product.

Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Culture is a bit hectic nowadays, no work-life balance. Expecting more works to do in a very shorter time. Few Internals tools needs more improvements.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 06 May 2023

Likes

Good place for new learning, interesting projects and people with good Technical knowledge. Food provided at office is good in general.

Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Good

Dislikes

Poor work life balance. No proper KT for new-joinees regarding their product. We have to figure out everything on our own

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Jun 2023

Likes

Seriously Nothing

Dislikes

Deprecated Tech Stack People not giving response on Slack No collaboration and communication among Peers Managers don't even listen to your problems Senior don't even help a bit, NO Documentation nothing NO KT at all

Skill development - Poor
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Senior Software Engineer in Coimbatore

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

2.0

Skill development

2.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

2.0

Company culture

1.0

Work-life balance

posted on 01 Aug 2023

Likes

No pros ,all pros gone cons currently

Salary - Good

Dislikes

More work pressure Lack of clarity with product management

Skill development - Poor
Job security - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Company culture - Poor
Work-life balance - Bad

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

5.0

Skill development

5.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

5.0

Work satisfaction

5.0

Company culture

5.0

Work-life balance

posted on 26 Oct 2023

Likes

Great place to work

Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Not much.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

3.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

3.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

3.0

Work-life balance

posted on 20 Sep 2023

Likes

Good products and tech

Dislikes

Culture

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

Category Ratings

2.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

3.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

3.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 23 Sep 2023

Likes

Good opportunities,

Skill development - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Pay, appraisals, boring culture

Salary - Poor
Promotions - Poor

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

Category Ratings

4.0

Salary

4.0

Skill development

4.0

Job security

4.0

Promotions

4.0

Work satisfaction

4.0

Company culture

4.0

Work-life balance

posted on 26 Apr 2023

Likes

Work culture, perks, work life balance

Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good

Dislikes

Uncertainty about the products future due to senior management lack of clarity

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

·

Software Development Department

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

Category Ratings

3.0

Salary

1.0

Skill development

1.0

Job security

2.0

Promotions

2.0

Work satisfaction

3.0

Company culture

2.0

Work-life balance

posted on 28 Mar 2023

Likes

Chill at times Not much pressure

Dislikes

Work gets into your head at times Old tech stack

Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Freshworks is rated 3.3 out of 5, based on 41 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox. Freshworks is known for Work-life balance which is rated at the top and given a rating of 3.4. However, Career growth is rated the lowest at 2.8 and can be improved. To know first hand how it is like to work at Freshworks read detailed reviews based on various job profiles, departments and locations in the reviews section.

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