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 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits of a big company. Big office, Macbook, *had a full kitchen and snacks - even though they were rationed - and even weekly catered lunches.

Cons

None of the Pros make for a positive or successful work environment. In my 2 1/2 years, I had 7 different managers. The last one came in and tried to change the wheel. No understanding of the product, the employees, nothing. He had zero empathy or even understanding of a true world with real-world issues and events. Compared his dogs getting sick to that of a 3-year-old getting COVID, given his "sympathy" of the situation.

1.0
Feb 12, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Snacks, lunch a couple days per week, most people are pretty cool, gym on site

Cons

Where do I start? There are no annual quotas given. You'll get a quarterly quota which although is presented as it allows management to adjust to give you a better chance to hit goal seasoned sales people also know it gives them a chance to adjust the numbers so you can't hit your goal either so the company can control how much commissions they're paying. Onboarding/training....be prepared to watch videos all day, have the trainer cut your scheduled training sessions from an hour to 20 minutes, be given 20 tools to use and then told you're migrating away from them, have the onboarding team have you be responsible for setting up your own mock calls/demos/shadowing/intra office learning sessions with other departments. Most everyone is stressed out of their gourds b/c of the micro management. Also, everyone is given the tools to work remotely but don't have the flexibility to do so whenever they want even though remote capabilities is sold to you during the interview process. So, most ppl sit at the office and stair at their computers or online chatting with others in the office about non work related things b/c there are ZERO tools given to cold call and generate new logo business. Also, good luck getting your accounts let alone the correct commissions when you're supposed to get them. I've been in leadership roles in every company I've worked for and managed relationships with teams of people at every stop. Moreover, I've had meetings and presented to senior leadership within each of those companies and taken part in company culture planning and this place by far is the worst I've ever seen. Clueless.

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