Is Zscaler a good company to work for?

Zscaler has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 2,730 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at Zscaler to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Zscaler have been left by employees working as Associate Software Engineer , Intern and Technical Account Manager .

Does Zscaler pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zscaler employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zscaler. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zscaler?

62% of Zscaler employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zscaler 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Zscaler?

Regional Sales Manager (177) , Software Engineer (127) , Sales Engineer (88) , Senior Software Engineer (68) , Customer Success Manager (65) , Technical Account Manager (55) , Account Executive (51) , Sales (44) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (42) , Associate Software Engineer (36) , Staff Software Engineer (30) , Technical Account Manager (TAM) (25) , Product Support Engineer (22) , Manager (18) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (17)

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

"Great Technology and Culture!" ((in 249 reviews)); "Great people and products." ((in 134 reviews)); "Good work life balance and team collaboration" ((in 133 reviews)); "work culture and people are good" ((in 107 reviews)); "Great Leadership and Mentoring" ((in 106 reviews))

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

"Some managers have a bad attitude" ((in 50 reviews)); "6. Frequent silent layoffs without considering the tenure or performance of the employees." ((in 22 reviews)); "Lack of diversity in some departments" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Zscaler layoffs in 2026?

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

What Zscaler locations have received the highest employee ratings?

SAS Nagar , New Delhi , Pune , Chandigarh , Bengaluru , Mohali , Mumbai

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3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,491 total reviews)

Jay Chaudhry

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

Zscaler has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,491 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zscaler 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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1.0

Jun 8, 2026

Challenging product but lacks intuitive navigation

Technical account/success manager

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Pros

If looking for a challenge and highly, ie over complex product this is it.

Cons

Product is too complicated, Currently using Multiple portals for various product configurations. They are moving to One portal but is not really functional and navigating was not intuitive.

4.0

Jun 7, 2026

Good pay and flexibility, but workload varies by team

Software development engineer in test (sdet)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, flexible working hours

Cons

sometimes workload could be too much but it depends on your team and your manager

1.0

Jun 5, 2026

Good pay and benefits, but toxic micromanagement

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent Benefits, Remote Work, Good Pay

Cons

The organization suffers from extreme administrative overhead and redundant reporting requirements. Employees are required to submit weekly progress tracking, separate weekly high-priority task tracking, alongside monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual updates. Compounding this issue, the same data must be manually formatted into five different spreadsheets for various leadership tiers. This culture of micromanagement severely impacts productivity, redirecting valuable time away from core project execution and toward repetitive administrative upkeep.

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