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      SolarWinds

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      SolarWinds reviews

      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (1,457 total reviews)
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      Sudhakar Ramakrishna

      78% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      SolarWinds has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,457 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SolarWinds 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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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 23, 2016

      Great products, Toxic culture from top down.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free lunch 2x week. free soda and snacks. There are some departments that are run well. Great products.

      Cons

      Culture is toxic. Fear of failure is highly instilled in the top layers of management, causing "blame game" behavior in many departments of the company. Employees are not trusted . They are micro-managed to death . Not only is there no positive feedback, but employees are regularly criticized for irrelevant issues, or style differences by their managers. This has caused the loss of many great employees.

      2.0
      Apr 13, 2016

      Listen to the reviews and think twice

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - There are some really smart folks that are just fantastic to work with. Those people make it a joy to be there. Unfortunately, the toxic ones ruin it for everyone. - The offices are wonderful. Like every other review, there are 2 lunches provided a week--albeit not terribly healthy lunches, but it's definitely nice to have it as an option. - They've hired in some new leaders, so hopefully they can keep them and start to turn the ship to make SolarWinds a great company and place to work. While their ability to hit their numbers has always been impressive, it's been at the expense of real progress -- lots of hamsters in wheels generating power for the almighty lead machine. - Benefits are good. Insurance is good with domestic partner benefits.

      Cons

      - Culture is toxic. I was warned about it before taking the job, but was assured from insiders that things were changing. Well, they may have been changing, but if so, I'd hate to see what it was like before. - Office is so far south that it's difficult to attract talent. - They preach work/life balance, but it's not a reality. The only way you will have it is if you make it yourself, and then it's often frowned upon. - They are incredibly behind the times on all of their technologies and integrations. They've customized everything to the point that the software and tools they pay for aren't usable and any attempts to improve aren't welcomed. More of a "throw more bodies in another country at it" attitude. - There's a strange tribal belief in weird data points that don't make sense. Analytics and data are a huge weakness. - The CEO's Jesus emails are something else. And apparently he's toned them down a bit. it's the "I'm a big Christian, but you better be at work on Christmas Eve until I say so" kind of deal.

      2.0
      Feb 22, 2016

      The worst

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Weekly catered lunches and snacks

      Cons

      The worst work environment ever. Getting laid off was the best day of my life. Thanks for the unemployment checks!

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