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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1.0
Nov 18, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hard, probably freedom to not do any work if I don’t want

Cons

The whole charade of SBD seems to be done to project us as a thought leader, but we are far from that. In fact with so many skeletons in the closet, am not sure if we will survive if SEC comes after us with more technical know how. There is no dearth of panel discussions we have been part of but when it comes to actually fixing stuff we have been severely underfunded. I saw video of our CEO with an Illinois congressman who has been leading a committee focused on threats from China. Again just hollow words on SBD in Capitol Hill. These deceptions are nothing but just empty words and nothing more. Should be taken with a bucket of salt.

2.0
Sep 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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
Nov 30, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free drinks, snacks and lunch twice a week.

Cons

Where do I start..... Even if you’re a top producer you’re still micro managed. Management will take away your deals over 50k poorly manage them and then ask why didn’t this deal close. Some direct managers are okay but they have to follow direction from upper management that in most cases have no clue and are stuck in the past with archaic sales strategies. Most of our customers hate us but don’t take my word google SW Sales tactics. It’s all about discount and pushing the PO, get it in today! In most cases you feel like the used car salesman of the software world. If you can keep low visibility into your pipeline like I do you have a shot of hitting your numbers. On the IB side it’s all about what account set you’re given not your ability. If given an account set that has a huge SW foot print they have to buy and are used to the BS so they buy. If not good luck, luckily I’ve been here long enough and have built relationships with my customers. They know the song and dance and often we laugh about it together. If you have 0 sales experience and are looking for a foot in the door into IT sales this place could work for you. Ride out your few years getting told you’re horrible even though you hit the crazy quotas they provide. Then go somewhere else or don’t start if you’re smart. Year over year growth isn’t how they get your quota for the next quarter. Many times I was given a 30-50% increase and when asked why even my Manager couldn’t explain it.

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