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
1.0
Apr 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice office space, Lunches and snacks. Current technology and tools.

Cons

Management does not care about the long term retention of employees or their clients. They only care about making the immediate sale. You are only as valuable as your next sale. Lead distribution is not provided equally to all team members. There are individuals that get all the house deals and qualified leads. Management will steal your accounts and hand them off to their favorite employees if they think you are taking too long to close the sale, regardless of the client's documented timeline. The lead quality is terrible.

1.0
Jun 21, 2024

Avoid at all cost

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No Pros - free lunch on Thursdays?

Cons

Avoid at all costs if you have experience and have worked for reputable companies. The marketing department has been in disarray for over 2 years, going from bad to worse. Following a wave of layoffs in 2023 that left teams skeletal, and a power struggle between a clueless CMO and empire-building US-based VPs, the CEO ousted the CMO and brought in an outsider. New year, new leadership – the new CMO arrived with promises of transformation, holding kumbaya meetings and talking big every week about potential changes. Seven months later, there's still no sign of a new marketing strategy. Teams are still relying on the same ineffective tactics. Surprise, surprise – the new CMO is recycling the same old formula: layoffs, hiring outsiders, and reorganizing essential functions, all while retaining ineffective leaders. Despite claims of transformation, it's business as usual. Is this starting to smell like fake news? It seems the new leader is more interested in building his own brand than solving our problems

1.0
Jan 9, 2024

It is over!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Encouraging everyone at SolarWinds to share their thoughts on Glassdoor is important. It's evident that management issues persist across departments.

Cons

If this were just a typical workplace challenge, I would simply label it as a company with poor management and an unfavorable outlook, urging others to seek alternative employment. However, the situation is far more dire. To address the problem, the current leadership, tainted by nepotism and questionable relationships, must step aside, as their influence has negatively impacted the company.

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