Equinix reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,305 total reviews)
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Adaire Fox-Martin

64% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Equinix has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,305 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
4.0
May 18, 2015

Great company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Honestly, the people here are what make this company. Every person here is just amazing - and that includes the C-levels.

Cons

Very top-heavy - the company seems to hire lots of managers, Directors, VPs...and not enough folks to work for them.

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Thanks for taking the time to write this review and for sharing your feedback with us. We love your positive outlook and share your sentiments on the extraordinary people—talented and curious with a passion for winning—who make Equinix what it is.
1.0
Sep 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, good pay package, nice hard working people, growing company with global presence.

Cons

IT is like a sweatshop, where people are expected to hangon late (like beyond 7pm) even on fridays and even if there is no ciritcal or time sensitive work, coming after 9 AM is questioned, spending 40 hours is considered 'not working hard', people are being monitored when they enter or exit office building. Team members steal others idea and it is encouraged. Hard working and sincere people get sidelined and incompetents reap all the benefits.

4.0
Mar 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good people, some politics but healthy business means people are generally in good mood and helpful to eachother; people believe and are excited about the company for the most part; the company appears to have very good momentum and an opportunity to be a leader in the industry Best treated groups: Sales - definitely a sales oriented culture -- these people get really treated well Legal - this group enjoys very good quality of life for they pay they make Marketing - has among the best salaries and titles for the quality of people (though they do not appear to be widely respected within the company)

Cons

rapid growth means some teams are hiring too quickly and quality of staff is not consistent across teams (sometimes people are overqualified or underqualified for the title they're hired in at); quality of life and compensation are not always fair across groups; company is very collegiate and favors "getting along" and there is a little bit of a "get on the bus or get off the bus" attitude that makes it hard to give open feedback Finance - works among the longest hours and like many finance organizations the culture is work hard and grin and bear it Operations - the key to the company but the leadership in this team rules with a very heavy handed approach and does not encourage going outside of the group and sharing group "secrets" with others

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