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      F5

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      F5 reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (1,975 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 1,975 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).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 6, 2016

      No strategy or ability to execute.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People here are friendly, helpful and really want to do good work. Technology space is very exciting and cool. Company has all the right pieces to do exciting things. Great benefits and work/life balance.

      Cons

      The leadership team cannot intelligently communicate a strategy or an execution path to reach market opportunities. They point to PowerPoint slides and call it a strategy (scary). There is no structured market strategy that drives alignment through the organization. The level of dysfunction across departments is out of hand. Company is losing its focus, ability to execute and deliver on time. There is little accountability at all levels and key players all around are leaving. No career paths.

      5.0
      Jun 2, 2016

      Good place to work for sales

      Major account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits, strong comp plan, big install base, good partners, product works and solves problems

      Cons

      Needs to evolve faster and find the next best thing. Product tends to be very technical and has a lot of capabilities which are sometimes not known and well articulated to the market.

      1.0
      May 24, 2016

      Did Not Meet Expectations

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary and benefits were above average. Beer Fridays.

      Cons

      No telecommuting options to eliminate horrific commute to lower Queen Anne site. No work/life balance or support for soft skill development (e.g., F5 customer service methods, F5 customer escalation best practices). Nothing like being set up for failure in a customer-facing role. Too much emphasis is placed on making engineers happy. Inevitably this created a toxic culture of overly-entitled brats. HR promotes a culture for employee success however it lacks any real infrastructure to get the job done equally. Despite a big "Values and Culture" campaign, this company does not live up to what it promotes. In the end, you are more easily replaced rather than coached to a new skill level.

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