Is Equinix a good company to work for?

Equinix has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 3,424 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Equinix to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Equinix have been left by employees working as Intern , Senior Software Engineer and Vice President .

Does Equinix pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Equinix employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Equinix. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Equinix?

69% of Equinix employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Equinix 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Equinix?

Director (45) , Customer Success Manager (43) , Intern (42) , Senior Manager (41) , Manager (40) , Engineer (38) , Data Center Technician (36) , Account Executive (35) , Senior Software Engineer (35) , Project Manager (32) , Software Engineer (31) , IBX Technician III (30) , Senior Account Executive (30) , Staff Software Engineer (29) , Technician (28)

What are the pros of working at Equinix according to real employee reviews?

"company values and culture are great" ((in 353 reviews)); "People are great and fun to work with" ((in 187 reviews)); "Benefits and welfare are good and sufficient" ((in 153 reviews)); "Work life Balance is good!" ((in 113 reviews)); "Great teams to work in and plenty of aspects of the DC operations exposure." ((in 83 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Equinix according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and some people resistant to change" ((in 115 reviews)); "3. Managers do bias for favorable incompetent employees" ((in 53 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs globally" ((in 26 reviews)); "long hours especially challenging at night shift" ((in 20 reviews)); "Lack of training, increasingly hard to be outside America" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Equinix layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Equinix layoffs and their outlook for job security at Equinix in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Equinix locations?

Redwood City , Sunnyvale , San Jose , Tampa , Ashburn , New York , Dallas , Frisco , Chicago , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Denver , Miami , Redwood Shores , Secaucus , Atlanta , Santa Clara , San Diego , Houston , Austin , El Segundo , Seattle , Culpeper , Washington , Palo Alto , Boston , Foster City , Kansas City , Texas City , Milpitas

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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,316 total reviews)

Adaire Fox-Martin

65% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Equinix has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Equinix employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

1.0

Oct 12, 2024

Bad engineering manager and culture

Sr. software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The cafe has excellent food. Office located in a nice place.

Cons

The whole culture is bad, Engineering manager orders employees to work but don’t pay them as it should be. Over time working is often.

3.0

Oct 11, 2024

Company Operating a Different Standard in Nigeria

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Can't Identify one yet. But the signs haven't been impressive so far.

Cons

Company compensation and people culture/policy not at per with equals in the industry.

5.0

Oct 11, 2024

Excellent Company,

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will get all freedom, However you want to implement solution for your problem.

Cons

if you looking for permanent work from Home, Equinix not for you.

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