Not a great place for Software Developers - Software Engineer Viasat Employee Review

2.0
Sep 27, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, chiropractic/wellness, gym membership, coffee house in the company, tuition reimbursement and lots of company events. -On the whole the people are nice to work with and pretty laid back

Cons

-Very understaffed and lots of overtime involved. -The salary isn't competitive enough for software developers -If you're a software person, this is not the place for you. You won't get to work on the cutting edge software/technology like other companies in the bay. What I found is that the people who rise in this company have EE/DSP/Digital Communications backgrounds and they get to work on the exciting stuff. Software developers are treated like a commodity here (aka seen as code monkeys). -There's really no room to grow here, the company values seniority over everything else. -Compensation increases are the same across the board, whether you worked hard or not. -Most of the people at the top don't do much at all (Engineering Director and up level), it's all political. -Most people are bored with their work.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

There is freedom to approach each project as you see fit. Strong support from senior leadership.

Cons

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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