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      F5

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      F5 reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (1,974 total reviews)
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      Francois Locoh-Donou

      79% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      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 1,974 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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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 21, 2016

      Great products. Great talent. Weak middle management. Losing its soul.

      Inside sales account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay was compelling, stock grants were appropriate, good mix of achievement and challenge, excellent products and some of the most talented engineers on the planet. Proud of my time there.

      Cons

      Middle management is aloof, mostly because they weren't brought up with F5. The influx of Cisco execs and management brings lots of talent and know-how, but they lack cultural relevance. Culture is one of the things that made F5 fantastic and it's being eroded. F5 also lacks any kind of formalized employee development program. As a result, good employees are passed over for promotion in favor of politics.

      3.0
      May 10, 2016

      Field Systems Engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      F5 has an industry recognized name in ADC space. The work environment is great and many great pre-Sales SEs working at F5. Attrition rate is relatively low compared to other high tech companies.

      Cons

      Lots of growing pains across all functional groups. Don't even know where to start!

      4.0
      Apr 1, 2016

      Growing pains

      Network support engineer ii unix
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Awesome overall company that understands the employee is the source of success Market leader for application delivery Great group of engineers to collaborate and work with Excellent benefits and perks including beer friday, fully stocked beverage coolers with awesome selection, free coffee tea and hot chocolate

      Cons

      High stress environment due to understaffed workforce, case load increases yearly Lower management skates by with little to no feedback for the employee Disconnect between field engineers and support which drives the customer to open complicated implementation cases due to lack of sales provided professional services Majority of support engineers work overtime to stay afloat Know it all culture that is routinely condescending to peers and customers due to incompetent customers and support engineers because new features are released multiple times a year but support isn't properly trained to support it

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