SolarWinds reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,463 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 1,463 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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1.0
Oct 19, 2021

Stay away

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Pros

None - they are a wolf in sheep's clothing

Cons

You will be treated like a drone. Your individual value is meaningless. Employees are fleeing, retention is raised as an issue, but no one is willing to actually address it. Culture is a highly secretive one. Technologically, they acquire other properties to sell them, but invest the bare minimum in development. Customer service is non-existent to the point of embarrassment - they are too terrified of liability to raise a finger to help their customers.

2.0
Oct 18, 2021

Stay Away

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Pros

Wonderful people who like to do things right Local management truly cares

Cons

Solarwinds had always been built on mutual trust and open communication. Big changes were always discussed prior to executing them, execs cared about ICs' feedback. Everybody wanted to improve and the door were always open for that. That is, before the CEO and leadership change. The years of trust building between executive and the rest of the company went down the gutter right after hiring the new CPO, whose competence is at least disputable, but mainly his style of communication and "execution" is simply appaling. Unpopular changes were made and his lack of explanation (or simple denial) have been making it even worse. Top talent have either left or leaving, most of the original upper management is already gone and 1st line management group is falling apart. ICs are only held by the camaraderie and (vanishing) sense of ownership. The Krakow office is past the point of no return, Brno office will most likely follow. Very little replacement positions are being open in Europe, indicating that the leadership does not care about keeping the offices contrary to what they are saying.

4.0
Oct 15, 2021

It's funny

Recommend
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Pros

Break room coffee with donut s also money under the doors

Cons

You have to work 500 hours a week

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