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
2.0
Sep 30, 2018

Interesting Dynamic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Professionally, it's easy to grow if you have legitimate experience. -Good location. -Great IT department.

Cons

-The reason why I left was simple, there is no transparency. My higher ups would tell me that honesty and transparency were a priority, and then they would tell me how good of a job they did convincing people to do what they wanted. It wasn't negotiating skills, they would lie to one to agree with the other. -They don't believe in recognition. If you do good, you do good because that's your job. If you go above and beyond, don't expect to receive a high five or a "good job" for it. -NEPOTISM is huge. If you go fishing with your boss and your wives are friends, you can help with decisions. -The culture makes it so that people have to agree with their higher ups, even if they disagree. Otherwise, you're put on a black list and will possibly get fired.

2.0
Jun 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not everyone is horrible. There are some truly good people that work there. There is a chance you may be able to hit quota if you run yourself ragged. Great place to get your foot in the door if you don't have any tech experience. They will pretty much take anyone.

Cons

Not a good company! The CEO makes it very clear, their only concern is how to make the most profit. The software it no longer the top of the time. The sales team is put under a microscope. Your day consists of keeping up with hourly metric reports, harassing the same customers over and over again, and fabricating forecasts. Every Friday is a desperate search to close deals. Less then 50% of people actually hit quota. If you ever want to feel like a used care salesman of software this is the place for you!

1.0
Sep 17, 2015

Sales

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Glass door requires five words.

Cons

SolarWinds is a mind twisting rollercoaster for people who do what they're told. Mgmt talks a big game but really most are just hiders trying to go with the flow. Solarwinds is an example of corporate america at its finest claiming unlimited income but really this is a 60-80k position. If you drink the kool-aid and have no spine you'll fit in, if your fresh out of college and green you'll fit in, if you have an hour glass figure you'll definitely fit in. Don't take my word for it just read through the other reviews. There are better jobs out there so do yourself a favor and keep searching it worked out for me.

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