SolarWinds reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,459 total reviews)
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Sudhakar Ramakrishna

79% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

SolarWinds has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,459 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
1.0
Sep 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

80% of colleagues are nice to deal with.

Cons

The laughing stock that is the Pulse Secure employees. Zero knowledge, zero support and internally getting found out. Teams are counting down the days till they are gone. Overall standards of this place are appalling. Lot of folk in leadership positions that clearly shouldn't be there. Most sales leaders are your call centre mentality micro managers. They add very little value. Marketing are so over stacked, tripping over one another. Zero help to anyone except themselves. Most tech companies spend money on sales enablement training or methodology, we've designed our own, comical. The renewals team are kept locked away like Bart Simpsons evil twin brother in that episode of the Simpsons. Solutions engineering team are scarily unorganised. Slashed budgets, starving the company, this place is not an enjoyable spot to be. The only reason why people are staying is they have stocks vesting, they've no other options or they are bluffing it in a role they are not fit for. Nepotism is the common theme throughout these reviews and its absolutely the case. No structure, no consistency, no hope. Avoid!

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SolarWinds Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback and review. SolarWinds is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without bias and does not condone toxicity or favoritism within the workplace. We understand your concerns about leadership and will take your feedback into consideration to improve our organization. We are committed to fostering a positive and inclusive workplace, where all employees feel valued and heard. We are sorry to hear that has not been your experience. Please reach out to your local People Partner or the Legal Hotline to share your experience with management and include your feedback on manager performance reviews.
2.0
Sep 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free lunches when in the office and pay was good.

Cons

They've made a mess from the top down, with a toxic C-Suite it's only a matter of time before it seeps down into the lower ranks. CEO has probably been too occupied with changing the narrative post the famous breach, as a result the CCO and CPO have been empowered to do what they want when they want and unfortunately this has led to the continued downfall and morale slump for the last few years.

1.0
Sep 13, 2023

Not a good workplace environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay a bit over industry standard, probably to get people in the door.

Cons

Terrible leadership for the last few years. Bad hiring, constantly coming in for $$ yet bring nothing to the table. CCO and CEO are an odd bunch, complete opposites, CCO has no real experience aside from climbing the ladder within the company and it shows, little talent and clear favoritism galore, fires the good working people perhaps seen as competition.

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