F5 reviews

Recently, some middle-level managers' involvement in office politics and favoritism has notably dampened engineers' morale, particularly regarding recognition. A few middle-level managers have formed alliances, recognizing each other to get into the limelight, misusing the recognition policy, and not acknowledging the actual contributions of engineers who accomplished the job. but discernible recognition pattern makes this evident upon examination. They also play a "Divide and Conquer" strategy, giving recognition or preference to their inner circle while neglecting those who challenge them. Conversely, they tend to hold those they personally dislike accountable for any failures.

The company is in a state of transition right now with acquisitions, pivoting away from hardware, and releasing new products/services. There can be a lot of politicking and jobs are unstable. They have been doing multiple rounds of layoffs.