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

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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2.0
Oct 13, 2015

Not impressed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Location is great if you live in Ballard or Magnolia. Work/life is respected (generally emails can be ignored until work hours). Pay is probably fine if you are in a tech engineering role. New executive leadership in place (too soon to tell).

Cons

I've been here over a year now and not impressed. The management culture is highly distrustful for a high tech company - for example, employees are discouraged to work from home, no matter their commute and whether or not they have meetings that day. Managers are average to poor quality, as most have only worked at F5 or seem to be castoffs from elsewhere (my experience), so they are more concerned about protecting their space than helping you achieve your goals. My annual review (they are still doing this, which is loosely tied to pay), was one of the most paper-intensive and least helpful reviews I've ever had. They remodeled my team into an open environment, the only plus being a desk that performs stand up and sit down. It is too loud without white noise, and when you stand up you are weirdly exposed to the entire floor, plus they can't seem to control the temperature adequately. Really have noticed my productivity going down, especially for tasks which require reflection and thinking, which we could do this from home more effectively. For a company that's supposed to be a Seattle darling, I'm not seeing it.

5.0
Oct 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Hands off management and lots of opportunities to contribute to success of company.Very competitive compensations.

Cons

Company is getting matured and bit slow. To keep up as growth company , fresh product ideas and startup thinking is required.

5.0
Oct 11, 2015

challenging place to work

Recommend
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Pros

lots of challenges, working with the latest technologies, good benefits, good salary

Cons

permanent overtime, more and more processes require lots of time, not many career opportunities

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