F5 reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,974 total reviews)
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Francois Locoh-Donou

79% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Aug 20, 2015

It's ok

Recommend
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Pros

Make some pretty good money. Benefits are pretty solid. Commute in is easy and the company comp's you for almost the entire cost of commuting. HR and CorpOps are very active promoting culture and continually enhancing the work environment. Work can be stimulating depending on who you work with and for. There are a lot of smart people to chat about various networking things with. Many people have been there 7+ years. I guess that says something about the company in general.

Cons

Line management really needs to be connected or else you get into situations where nobody provides any guidance. Feels like a company full of people with Asperger syndrome. Many engineers with senior titles have just been promoted from the support org; they're not trained engineers. Office feels like a bank with the outdated padded walls and individual cubes. Middle management also can stop being so insistent that you be in your chair from 9 to 5. For a place that is seriously limited in office space they should leverage remote working more often than they do.

4.0
Jul 2, 2015

Manager, Product Development

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Civilized work environment- it's good to work for human beings. A good work-life balance is easy to maintain. People here are actually trying to make things better.

Cons

Waterfall model development rooted in the 70s. Monolithic releases that drag on and on (deathmarch). Upper management in development seems to have their head in the sand. Inadequate resource allocation for test, program management. Etc.

4.0
Jun 19, 2015

opinions

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

some of the best people I've ever met and worked with are at F5. there is something interesting for everyone to work on nice culture and work environment

Cons

MUCH of the leadership is in need of coaching and mentoring

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