Is Equinix a good company to work for?

Equinix has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 3,413 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 191 reviews)); "Benefits and welfare are good and sufficient" ((in 152 reviews)); "Work Life Balance is Good" ((in 109 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 109 reviews)); "Managers don't reakky Care about their staff." ((in 57 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorgs globally" ((in 24 reviews)); "long hours especially challenging at night shift" ((in 21 reviews)); "Leadership blatantly values sales team higher than corporate based support teams, lots of changes with high growth volume, some middle management and upper management not effective managers." ((in 16 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

(2,309 total reviews)

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65% 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 2,309 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Sep 17, 2015

Account Executive

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Equinix truly is where opportunity connects. I joined Equinix 4.5 years ago, and have had an amazing ride! As a sales person I have had the opportunity to support some of the largest brand names in the world, and have helped to grow our market share with large global Enterprises. The culture is supportive, and challenging, and I have consistently made more on my W2 every consecutive year.

Cons

We run a really lean organization, so sometimes we have to work long hours. However, most sales people are used to this as part of our job.

Equinix Response

10y

Thank you for taking the time to write this review and for sharing your personal experience with us. First and foremost, congratulations on your almost 5-year anniversary and for your consecutive growth each year of your employment with Equinix. It is truly fantastic work! We are glad you have enjoyed your tenure at Equinix and appreciate your advice to management. We hope you will keep up the great work and continue being an energy supplier at Equinix.

5.0

Sep 17, 2015

Awesome Marketing team

In marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Marketing at Equinix is viewed as a very strategic function which is unusual for a tech Silicon Valley company. CMO is active voice on strategy and also leads products team. Real can-do attitude within the team. Real fun environment where people work hard and play hard. Marketing leadership team really works to drive for best practice (and there are several areas to improve because Equinix has grown so fast that at times it feels a bit like an overblown start-up.) Culture at company is taken very seriously -- its not just about the results but also how you get them. As a result there are very few jerks (and the company tries to avoid recruiting jerks and egos).

Cons

It's hard work and the pace of change might make some people uncomfortable (however marketing attrition is very low and Equinix attrition in general is low.) The big focus on culture might make some people uncomfortable if they don't like the focus on soft skills and how you relate to people.

Equinix Response

10y

Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review and for sharing such specific details into your personal experience working on the Marketing team at Equinix. We certainly echo your sentiments around company culture being taken seriously, and are glad to hear it seems to have produced a solid environment for the Marketing team to focus on best practice as the company grows, and to tackle areas for improvement.

4.0

Sep 14, 2015

IBX Site Engineer

Ibx site engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, successful company, leading in the industry, competitive pay. Efforts in remote training.

Cons

Possibly develop a structured training curriculum tailored to specific sites.

Equinix Response

10y

Thanks for taking the time to write a review and for sharing a few of your thoughts with us. Regarding your request for training curriculum tailored to specific sites, please be sure to speak with your manager about the specific training you are interested in, as we do have a number of great training programs available to Equinix employees and he/she should be able to point you in the right direction.

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