Does Rocket Internet pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rocket Internet employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rocket Internet. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rocket Internet?

91% of Rocket Internet employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rocket Internet 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rocket Internet?

Business Development Manager (20) , Intern (17) , Business Development (14) , Managing Director (13) , Entrepreneur In Residence (12) , Product Manager (9) , Intern Business Development (8) , Software Engineer (8) , Manager (6) , Business Analyst (5) , Internship (5) , Operations Manager (5) , Project Manager (5) , Senior Software Engineer (5) , Business Developer (4)

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

"Smart people to work with." ((in 39 reviews)); "colleagues are friendly and self" ((in 18 reviews)); "Opportunities to stay in one of their ventures is great if you perform good" ((in 16 reviews)); "great team and room to grow in a fast paced company" ((in 15 reviews)); "Decent pay in Africa (not compared to other companies operating locally, but compared to the US or EU)." ((in 10 reviews))

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

"Low salaries and people are not valued." ((in 26 reviews)); "Bad management, no incentive to perform and HR barely doing its job." ((in 24 reviews)); "Toxic culture mostly" ((in 17 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 13 reviews)); "Long hours and 'management by fear' company culture" ((in 12 reviews))

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Rocket Internet Reviews

4.3

91% would recommend to a friend

(388 total reviews)

Oliver Samwer

94% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Rocket Internet has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 388 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rocket Internet 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

388 reviews

4.0

5 Dec 2025

Good organisation

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good pay scale and team work

Cons

work life balance need to improve

4.0

25 Nov 2025

Good

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good ppl to work with

Cons

Not enough benefits and work life balance

5.0

27 Oct 2025

Great

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good people and nice comp

Cons

Workload might be a bit much

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