SolarWinds reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,458 total reviews)
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Sudhakar Ramakrishna

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

SolarWinds has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,458 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
Mar 28, 2016

Former Sales Rep

Recommend
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Pros

Great on resume, fast paced environment lends itself to quick learners. Free lunches twice a week. Flexible on-boarding process, can make immediate impact on earnings...especially if you luck out and get handed some nice accounts. But if you have previous Sales experience, just keep looking. This is really an entry-level sales gig.

Cons

Unfortunately the Sales culture is garbage and the recent acquisition/stock option buyouts mostly rewarded leadership only (admittedly there were some arbitrary sales people who had stock options too but for the most part no one but the upper echelon benefitted from the Sales Floor's hard work). Zero sense of ownership in the company, even after nearly 5 years of "driving growth". I will say that SolarWinds was good to me and my family for about 2 years...after that...it became a dead-end Sales job driven by selfish Executive "leadership". If you're reading this and disagree, then sit back and enjoy your stock option buyout. It must be nice.

1.0
Feb 10, 2016

Miserable Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Just got bought by Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake, hopefully that turns things around. Nice campus in Southwest Austin.

Cons

Awful work environment, do yourself a favor and read the other reviews. I am not interested in wasting one more minute of my time on SolarWinds.

1.0
Jun 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Made some friends among the rank and file. Money was excellent due to good negotiations during th acquisition. My particular boss is an awesome guy.

Cons

Penny wise pound foolish - when we were bought they took all of my test equipment and re-purposed it for other teams, leaving me high and dry. IT didn't get it. The company makes untold millions, it can afford a few Dell's. Very heirarchical, down to ensuring people have exactly the right size office according to their title. A "bums on seats" mentality where all people are considered equivalent and disposable, and every job can be moved to India. I was fired over health reasons, rather than offered the time off during a hospital stay and recovery. The day before bonuses were due to pay out.

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