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Rough Sales Culture - Senior Sales Executive Arista Networks Employee Review

3.0
May 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

We sold the product based on Quality, Quality and Quality. That is still there with outstanding TAC service. There is a reason Arista is number one in Datacenter market share. Strong product portfolio.

Cons

Unfortunately, the culture that Arista was built on is eroding fast due to hiring outside Mid-Level Directors/Managers that have archaic methodologies and tactics. You are given nothing at Arista so if you are considering a position, you will get an account list of White Space prospects. With lead times being 3-9 Months, be prepared to sell nothing for at least 2-3 years. Then your prospects that you were working on will be taken from you at any given time for no reason. There is a constant shuffling of accounts so you can get no firm footing. If by chance you close a deal, they can make the account "mature" without notice which reduces your commission by 80%. There is no rules and no protection for the employee. Beware, mgmt can and will take accounts from you for no reason. Your boss also is an individual contributor which is a bit sketchy.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

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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