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<no title> - Software Engineer Arista Networks Employee Review

3.0
Jun 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

If you have lots of drive and initiatives, this is a great place for you. The open environment and helpful, talented colleagues will help you to get where you desire to be much faster than many other places. There are very few politics. The leaders are great engineers themselves. You get free parking for you and your friends when Levi stadium has an event.

Cons

The leaders are engineers -- sometimes they seem to spend a bit too much energy on not-so-important engineering problems, which I don't see why they cannot delegate, and too little energy on problems that will make the environment better, to motivate people better, to empower people, etc. The leaders also seemed to have some inabilities to push agenda, and as a result, had to rely on launching campaigns too often, especially lately. Which makes it harder to push the next time. Many years ago, it was probably true that all engineers were all-around. As the company grows, these all-around engineers are still encouraged. Which I think is wrong. It's better to encourage depth over breadth. An engineer might get rave feedback if he/she attempts something totally not in his/her area, and to some degree of success; yet for someone who focuses in some single area and gets to some great depth, his/her only reward is to deal with more mess in that area. Another example: an engineer performing a non-engineering duty may get recognized and peer-bonus, but why cannot the HR step up and leave the engineers focused AND recognize better engineering work? Over the last few years, the culture definitely lost a great bit.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

- Extremely talented engineering team - Extremely challenging and rewarding projects - Very good total compensation and stock performance - Very little politics, focus is on engineering and delivering products

Cons

- Limited corporate/team events, team 'swag' etc.

4.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is good. RSU is good.

Cons

Still operates like a startup. Instruction and responsibility can be unclear

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