Is Equinix a good company to work for?

Equinix has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 3,412 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Equinix to a friend and 67% 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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Equinix?

70% of Equinix employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Equinix 3.9 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) , Senior Software Engineer (35) , Account Executive (34) , Project Manager (32) , Software Engineer (31) , IBX Technician III (30) , Senior Account Executive (30) , Staff Software Engineer (28) , Technician (28)

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

"company values and culture are great" ((in 347 reviews)); "People are great and fun to work with" ((in 183 reviews)); "Benefits and welfare are good and sufficient" ((in 145 reviews)); "Work life Balance is good!" ((in 113 reviews)); "Great teams to work in and plenty of aspects of the DC operations exposure." ((in 81 reviews))

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

"Poor management and some people resistant to change" ((in 110 reviews)); "3. Managers do bias for favorable incompetent employees" ((in 56 reviews)); "long hours especially challenging at night shift" ((in 21 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs globally" ((in 20 reviews)); "No career progression at all at least for 6 years." ((in 18 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 , Dallas , New York , 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

Equinix reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,308 total reviews)

Adaire Fox-Martin

64% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

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Equinix has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,308 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

Sep 18, 2025

Bet too much on AI

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Trying hard to get ride on the wave of AI. People are mostly nice. presence in the industry and no one can beat at the moment.

Cons

struggling with unforeseeable the strategy the leadership keeps advocating. imagine here is a real estate biz where mostly like a traditional way of making money in space of datacenter. trying hard to stick with AI accommodation. what if it will not so great than expected while building huge facilities and hardwares ? may easily become legacy standing on the ground unlike a software.

3.0

Sep 17, 2025

Lot of uncertainty

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salary, Lot of changes due to top management changes

Cons

Frequent Layoffs, Uncertainty about future

3.0

Sep 13, 2025

Great Company, until they no longer need you

Digital content specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, culture, benefits and work life balance

Cons

Layoffs are the new normal Management doesn't seem to know what they're doing

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