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Arista Networks

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Unique culture, great people, expected to take initiative - Software Engineer Arista Networks Employee Review

5.0
Aug 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Management in the engineering team is highly technical, and the higher the position the smarter people are * Lots of room for career growth * Lots of different projects to choose from * Give people responsibility, no matter your experience level * Transparent peer review process and proactive raises if you are worth it For people who are energetic and love doing different things, this is THE company you should work for. You can learn from a lot of smart people. But you have to take initiative, as there is zero micro management. Nobody is babysitting you unless you are incompetent (and going to be fired).

Cons

* Could be hard to adapt to since many things (culture, tools, management structure) are different from traditional big companies * Compensation isn't great if you don't believe in stock options This is probably harder for more senior people who come from companies that give a lot of cash compensation (no bonus here yet!)

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

3.0
Mar 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Top-tier technology. brilliant engineers. Incredible customer support TAC. The hyperscalers are consuming Arista tech at an alarming rate, and that serves as a great testimonial to the integrity of the technology, but the GTM strategy for Campus expansion is nonexistent.

Cons

Campus/Enterprise & Commercial sales regions are on an island of their own. Zero business development teams, zero marketing, zero branding, zero latest generation tools to prospect, research, and extract data to target your campaigns. If you don't have existing relationships in your market, then you're on your own to prospect, generate interest, connect with decision makers, identify "at bat opportunities" and close new business. The Hyperscaler use-case examples aren't enough to win real enterprise business from Cisco and HPE.

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