Is F5 a good company to work for?

F5 has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,180 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% 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 3% 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 229 reviews)); "The culture is great at identifying (really and honestly) what the sticking points are." ((in 209 reviews)); "Lots of interesting technical challenges and quite a good work life balance." ((in 203 reviews)); "The people are great and are happy with what they do." ((in 189 reviews)); "Good salary and team mates." ((in 77 reviews))

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

"bad management ." ((in 79 reviews)); "1. Frequent layoffs" ((in 54 reviews)); "Make sure externally hired managers do not degrade the culture and qualities outlined in Pros." ((in 37 reviews)); "Very political upper management." ((in 18 reviews)); "There was no career growth" ((in 16 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 F5 locations have received the highest employee ratings?

San Francisco , Boulder , Liberty Lake , Spokane , Dallas , Seattle , San Jose , New York , Boston , Chicago

F5 reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,972 total reviews)

Francois Locoh-Donou

81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

F5 has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,972 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).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Mar 11, 2019

F5 is a great place to work at!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Generally decent company communication (regular company meetings, video updates from leaders, email announcements), 2. Good comp 3. Great benefits 4. great company culture. 5. company is working hard to stay relevant, increase innovation, and is focusing on making changes for the better Granted, I haven't been here longer than 3 years like some other reviewers and I'm sure there are pockets of areas in the company that have management and gender equality issues. But, I completely disagree with reviewers giving 1 and 2 stars. F5 is a special place- there's such a great work and life balance compared to Amazon, MS, FB, Google, etc. F5 listens, and is actively working on bettering middle-management and gender equality issues.

Cons

Difficult to think of anything. Finance systems/processes seem behind the times.

F5 Response

6y

Thanks very much for your feedback. We will share it with the team.

3.0

Sep 13, 2018

Loosing Start Up Appeal

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great atmosphere to work in if you're dialed in with the right team.

Cons

Loosing it's start up appeal. Perks are slowing being taken away. Company doesn't hide the fact that business is all about the shareholders. Suffers from a lot of panic attacks. Abrupt layoff's.

2.0

Oct 23, 2015

FSE

Field systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company pay is decent in sales. Company has a history of having a unique & supportive culture

Cons

F5 has changed a lot in the last 3 years. The rate of innovation is not what it had been in previous years, and they are struggling to find a a beach head with name recognition in terms of security and DNS products. They have very solid offerings in these areas, but they have not been able to get the brand recognition in these areas of other competitors. Some very bright minds have left in the last year.

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