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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

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      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
      Dec 13, 2014

      Not safe for a good software developer.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are okay. There are a few bright people as well.

      Cons

      Worst codebase I've seen. Often picking the wrong tool for the job. Perl is blooming, Python is frowned upon. C modules having more than 30K lines of code. Lacking documentation. Bug-oriented development. GCC4.1 in 2014.

      4.0
      Dec 10, 2014

      The company is under the transition, both great and challenging environment

      Regional product marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The environment is a good mixture of start-ups and large enterprise cultures. You can enjoy both, still many people here are very nice and easy to work with.

      Cons

      The company started to growth rapidly and therefore people and the way the organization operated is drastically changing. It is not easy to catch up all changes those re happenning, which can be tough for some people who has a different cultures.

      5.0
      Dec 10, 2014

      Best Company/Culture Hands Down

      Senior solutions architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are so many pros to working at F5. I would say that the top of the list is the company culture is one of integrity, and one that values the employee as a human, not as a cog in the machine. The Salary and benefits are amazing. I have full family health insurance that is 100% paid by F5. I do not have $ taken out of my check for the premium. Stock grants, ESPP, 401k matching, donation matching, and vacation time are at or above what I consider standard for the Tech industry. Did I mention "Beer Friday"? The company is growing, and that means career opportunities are plentiful, F5 is very consciously protecting the company culture even though the company has doubled in size in less than five years. I've been at other companies where rapid growth destroyed the company culture.

      Cons

      F5 is growing at a rapid pace and some of the backend systems have yet to be upgraded. But hey if the only real pain I have to experience is struggling with an antiquated system to request PTO then I'll deal with it.

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