Is F5 a good company to work for?

F5 has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,183 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at F5 to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about F5 have been left by employees working as Software Engineer III , Director and Account Manager .

Does F5 pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, F5 employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at F5. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at F5?

72% of F5 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated F5 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at F5?

Software Engineer (148) , Senior Software Engineer (104) , Principal Software Engineer (39) , Software Engineer II (39) , Network Support Engineer (34) , Software Engineer III (33) , Manager (23) , Director (21) , Account Manager (20) , Engineer (18) , Sales (17) , Solutions Engineer (17) , Consultant (16) , Intern (15) , Product Manager (13)

What are the pros of working at F5 according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good but at at per market rate" ((in 234 reviews)); "The culture is great at identifying (really and honestly) what the sticking points are." ((in 214 reviews)); "Lots of interesting technical challenges and quite a good work life balance." ((in 202 reviews)); "The people are great and are happy with what they do." ((in 181 reviews)); "Good salary and processes and products" ((in 75 reviews))

What are the cons of working at F5 according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and very average quality work" ((in 80 reviews)); "Too many and too Frequent layoffs" ((in 57 reviews)); "Make sure externally hired managers do not degrade the culture and qualities outlined in Pros." ((in 39 reviews)); "Very political upper management." ((in 17 reviews)); "There was no career growth" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about F5 layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about F5 layoffs and their outlook for job security at F5 in 2026.

What are the top reviewed F5 locations?

Seattle , San Jose , Spokane , Liberty Lake , Boston , Lowell , New York , Boulder , Dallas , San Francisco , Chicago , West Seattle , Salt Lake City , Washington , Los Angeles , Denver , Phoenix , Houston , Renton , Atlanta , Phila , Arlington Heights , Norfolk , Reston , Saint Louis , Green Bay , Louisville , Sanford , Austin , Plano

F5 reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,975 total reviews)

Francois Locoh-Donou

79% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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F5 has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,975 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The F5 employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Mar 30, 2015

Love this company

Professional services consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary, benefits, work culture, technology. everything....

Cons

No cons yet. Increasing number of consulting contractors is a little scary.

4.0

Jan 11, 2015

Great Place To Work!

Coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good start up feel, opportunity to grow in various directions! Great people to work with.

Cons

Ive noticed that depending on the manager, it can be somewhat surrounded in office politics. Also, some of the teams are also not adequately supported with enough people-forcing more over time needed to work than imagined, I hope they hire a balanced amount of workers to do the job instead of having the bare minimum.

4.0

Jan 2, 2015

Good company to work for

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and it was improving each year. There were several interesting projects that I worked for. Smart people around. Established procedures help to avoid silly mistakes.

Cons

There was a big shift in the development process the old problems mostly disappeared, new problems have not appeared yet at the time when I left company. There were some downsides. but it was mostly localized into certain groups within the company.

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