Does Alpaca pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Alpaca employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Alpaca. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Alpaca?

70% of Alpaca employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Alpaca 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Alpaca?

Software Engineer (11) , Anonymous (2) , Operations (2) , Senior Software Engineer (2)

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

"friendly colleague, comfortable environment, good menter" ((in 4 reviews)); "Excellent company and team." ((in 3 reviews))

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

"There have been many layoffs." ((in 4 reviews)); "There is no effort being put in to create any sort of culture." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Alpaca redundancies in 2026?

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

Alpaca Reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

68% positive business outlook

Alpaca has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Alpaca 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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52 reviews

3.0

17 Jun 2026

Smart colleagues and interesting product, but disorganized processes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Smart people, interesting product, ambitious goals

Cons

Disorganized, unclear process, hard to set long term goals

1.0

18 May 2026

Hindered by toxic culture and chaos; operationally clueless. Stay away!

Gtm

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Work from anywhere remote model

Cons

- Internal processes are a nightmare to navigate - Operationally clueless - Incredibly lean, many of us are double-hatting and expected to deliver 2-3x of a normal employee - High turnover at the senior level is both a symptom and a contributing factor to these problems - Toxic startup culture. Poorly defined processes and ownership

4.0

6 May 2026

Good team spirit but tight deadlines

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The team overall is good. Startup vibe with deadlines.

Cons

Too disorganized. Need a better planning for Qs -> This leads to a too tight deadlines. Top management needs to work on this more.

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Smart colleagues and interesting product, but disorganized processes

Hindered by toxic culture and chaos; operationally clueless. Stay away!

Good team spirit but tight deadlines

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