Is Extreme Networks a good company to work for?

Extreme Networks has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,186 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Extreme Networks to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Extreme Networks have been left by employees working as Systems Engineer , Director and Senior Manager .

Does Extreme Networks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Extreme Networks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Extreme Networks. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Extreme Networks?

70% of Extreme Networks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Extreme Networks 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Extreme Networks?

Senior Software Engineer (43) , Software Engineer (31) , Sales (25) , Account Executive (23) , Systems Engineer (17) , Technical Support Engineer (17) , Director (15) , Principal Software Engineer (15) , Senior Account Executive (13) , Senior Manager (13) , Associate Software Engineer (12) , Engineer (12) , Staff Software Engineer (12) , Program Manager (11) , Manager (10)

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

"Good Work life balance and Time flexibility." ((in 92 reviews)); "Great people in the engineering team with many years of experience and a wealth of knowledge." ((in 88 reviews)); "Good Work Culture and process" ((in 29 reviews)); "Good pay (at least for me)" ((in 28 reviews)); "Friendly colleagues and helpful." ((in 25 reviews))

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

"2) Management is bad." ((in 54 reviews)); "Too many reorgs and frequent layoffs" ((in 44 reviews)); "Constant new upper management." ((in 21 reviews)); "Managers have 10+ reports." ((in 21 reviews)); "No bonuses were payed for 2 years." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Extreme Networks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Extreme Networks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Extreme Networks in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Extreme Networks locations?

Salem , San Jose , Raleigh , Santa Clara , Morrisville , Boston , Research Triangle Park , New York , Washington , Dallas , Atlanta , Chicago , Salem , Houston , Minneapolis , San Diego , Tampa , Herndon , Durham , Knoxville , Los Angeles , Newark , Montgomery , Western Springs , Saint Louis , Mexico , Milwaukee , Portland , Louisville , Cary

Extreme Networks reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,084 total reviews)

Ed Meyercord

77% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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Extreme Networks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,084 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Extreme Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews

1.0

Jul 27, 2021

There are two cultures at this company

Anonymous employee

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Business Outlook

Pros

The non finance side seems to be laid back and the CEO seems to believe in treating employees well. Some of the people are friendly.

Cons

The finance side under CFO Remy is utterly toxic and awful. He treats management like trash and they in turn treat their reports the same way. The saying attitude reflects leadership applies here. Onboarding is non existent. No work/life balance. When I left employees had not received raises in two years because the company couldn't afford it. There is constant threat of layoff due to new acquisitions and restructuring. When the company has a bad quarter they lay off hundreds of people to make up for it.

Extreme Networks Response

4y

Thank you for providing us your feedback. We are building a feedback culture and hope that it allows employees to voice their concerns in a safe and helpful way. It's an on-going effort. Many of our leaders encourage feedback and Remi is one of them. It sounds like you didn't have an avenue to share your concerns while employed with us. Again, it's an on-going effort. We are pleased to hear from many current employees who feel the company's culture and direction is going in a positive direction.

1.0

Sep 25, 2020

Extreme Networks will Suck Your Soul

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The only Pro to Extreme is if you like not working go there and just get paid. This is the exact culture they have at this place.

Cons

Senior management keeps things under wraps so you do not have visibility of their strategy and roadmap. Extreme Networks culture is they lie down for all estaff and c suite , and engineer employees. Everyone else does not matter. They often over look their own employees for someone who has no clue on what their doing during promotions. Extreme Networks will give you all the work with no credit or title. You have to demand or beg for a promotion to get one. Management often times has no idea what our workflows are. Life at extreme networks is like living in high school dramas. No room for growth what so ever. They don’t have enough money to pay you.

1.0

Jan 16, 2020

Worst company to work for

Senior staff software engineer

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Pros

Nothing to mention as pros. I prefer to leave it blank here

Cons

- Poor salary, no hikes - Takes surveys from employees but never tries to correct what the survey points to - poor bonus - frequent lay-offs - no R&D - Instead of R&D they keep on acquiring companies which struggles and then layoff the employees.

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