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Horrific experience - Sales Arista Networks Employee Review

1.0
Feb 26, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The products are fantastic and I imagine is a good employment experience only if you work at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

Cons

Worked there pre-IPO through IPO and most of team was hoping someone was going to just purchase Arista. I remember I had to to a barter trade with another rep to secure product because inventory was run reactively and thin to keep costs WAY down. Immature mgmt chain that had never managed others before and were all 'playing coaches'. I bring this up for two reasons: 1. I believe those roles NEVER work; 2. They don't ever take time to learn how to develop to be a better manager and therefore a leader for the team. 'Get to your number by any means necessary' was the constant mantra from my direct and skip level mgmt. this style went all the way up to CEO. Had one dialog with a top Sales executive (recently departed) that he showcased an employee as the pinnacle of hard work and the kind of team player he expected where the employee had a heart attack and day 2 in the hospital was on customer calls from hospital bed. Another top top executive told a story of an employee that had spoken up about low pay and horrible benefits and how they called that person fat and greedy (the statement was that this employee shouldn't need a car, but should ride a bike to work and should skip lunch therefore saving $. I could go on and on but I would recommend you really speak to current employees before you progress in discussions of employment.

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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
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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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