Once a great place to work is now just a typical cooperate America company
Pros
Pro's are Paid time off and roles over each year with a max of 250 hours. Equinix offers ESPP and RSU's are typical. All the sales reps I have came in contact are great. Equinix does a great job at hiring the best sales people. In almost 9 years I never had one issue with any other coworker and quite a few have become lifetime long friends. Yearly sales kick off to Vegas is an awesome experience that Equinix puts in a lot of effort and money into. P-Club is also another amazing experience that Equinix puts a lot of thought an money into. Equinix is the best of the best when it comes to anything Data Center related and that why they can demand such premiums. Decent offices.
Cons
Cons are- low compensation and based salary compared to most other similar roles at other big tech companies. Always changing the comp plan for the worst. Every year the comp plan is cut down and try to make it as complicated as possible. You will work harder and bring in more revenue but get paid less every year. There's a lot of guessing into how you will be paid and half the time the comps aren't paid correctly or have to wait months. Equinix in the last 2 years has really focus on commission pay outs and making sure they can claw back as much as possible. As a global company they have made cross selling with other regions difficult so they do not have to pay full comp if their are multiply reps involved which in a lot times multiply reps are needed! Also, for the last 2 years, Equinix seems to have really focus this effort and money on DEI. I am all for diversity but it's a point where it's in your face 24/7 now. Volunteering is being pushed harder every Q as it seems now it is more mandatory within the company. If you are comfortable in your AE position it looks down upon as you should aspire to be a manager or director one day. There a lot of great team managers and there are few who should not be managing a team. Equinix is huge on promoting within which is a huge pro but a lot times they will promote AE's to management level with no experience or training and seems to be based on how much they like you and not so much your performance. My former manager constantly canceled calls, was late and half the time was somewhere else (why her team was the worst performing). Equinix does not care about loyalty at all! No severance package for tenure reps that have been with Equinix for many years. It's a shame as Equinix was once a great place to work but the Cons now outweigh the Pros and they are chasing away great people. Just another corporate America company where you are just a number, nothing less, nothing more.