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 352 reviews)); "People are great and fun to work with" ((in 180 reviews)); "Benefits and welfare are good and sufficient" ((in 132 reviews)); "Work Life Balance is Good" ((in 116 reviews)); "Great teams to work in and plenty of aspects of the DC operations exposure." ((in 78 reviews))

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

"Poor management and some people resistant to change" ((in 111 reviews)); "3. Managers do bias for favorable incompetent employees" ((in 58 reviews)); "Long hours for certain days" ((in 22 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs globally" ((in 20 reviews)); "No career progression at all at least for 6 years." ((in 17 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

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3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,308 total reviews)

Adaire Fox-Martin

64% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

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

Aug 11, 2025

Facility Engineer

Facility engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good benefit - Stock Plan 1K claimable for optical / sport purchase

Cons

Heavy workload for facility engineer Customer centric

1.0

Aug 9, 2025

Political Accuracy on who is speaking and Power Harassment by Supervisor

Customer operations engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are the person who don’t want to take any responsibility and just follow the orders, this position may be a good choice.

Cons

1. Power Harassment from Supervisor 2. Supervisor will get angery a yelling at you if you try to making an example to refutation. 3. If you mess up with supervisor with the above situation, your working shift will getting worse.

3.0

Aug 9, 2025

Fragile and uncertain

Principal architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and compensation package Opportunity for technical upskill

Cons

Constant reorganization Layoffs, fragile state, ' While executive leadership is trying to bring clarity, every single communication leads to more confusion and more uncertainty in individual's lives. Work-life balance is poor - have to work during US, Singapore and IST hours at least 3 out of 5 days. Senior leadership is in a confused state and totally unsure how to leverage their existing team and causing morale and confidence issues

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