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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2.0
Jul 28, 2015

Zzzz...Tiring.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Location was great, free food, air conditioning, nice offices.

Cons

Micro managed, numbers driven pushy sales model. Calling customers/potential customers at blinding rates throughout the week was common practice. If you have an opportunity with a company and they agree that they like the software, you will be tasked to basically burn them down via phone and email until they send you a purchase order. Offering insane discounts just to bring a deal in, then at the end of a quarter, hearing from management that they are disappointed in the 'lost revenue' numbers based on how many discounts were handed down in the previous quarter. This makes no sense because they preach that "a dollar today is better than 10 dollars tomorrow". This archaic idea of building and maintaining revenue numbers is the sole reason many quality hires have left the company. They had good software (5 years ago), but when they lost more and more people, you could see that the tech wasn't evolving fast enough. The tech is not lightweight, it runs on SQL Server, and causes plenty of headaches for even the most seasoned IT Engineer. Be prepared to offer SUBSTANTIAL discounts in order to bring in deals, this not only devalues the product, it devalues your paycheck. When you're making ~3.2% commission per deal, knocking $15,000+ off of a quote, just to bring a deal in, makes a big impact on what your paycheck COULD be at this company.

1.0
Apr 9, 2015

Good front

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers are amazing. Very smart, attentive and friendly. The building and facilities look very professional and modern.

Cons

The bright colors, big smiles, snacks, lunches and cheerleading can blind you. The lead flow is inconsistent and many times ends up being home users that aren't sure what they've signed up for, resulting in low conversion rates. The handful of qualified leads that management does get are not distributed evenly or in any fair manner. They offer you free snacks and food but then joke that you can only partake if you've sold something that day.. They're kidding. Aren't they? It's hard to tell because this company and your career here is solely based upon perception. Drink the kool aid, repeat the kool aid and look happy doing it. There is no transparency or working together as a group here - The goals are set, and when you don't hit them or do hit them - they're changed again so quickly you forgot what the initial goal was.

2.0
Mar 4, 2015

Pony Show

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with some good people.

Cons

Mgmt has their head in the sand. You have to drink the kool aid or your marked.

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