SolarWinds reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,461 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 1,461 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
Apr 29, 2019

too much work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

middle management colleagues english in daily use

Cons

bad work/life balance too much work and overtimes bad and cheap facility

5.0
Mar 13, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work environment, have made life long friends working here over 6 years. Have been promoted 5 times over the past 6 years and have seen numerous colleagues do the same in that time span. Have referred multiple close friends, and would do so again and again! it is a fast paced environment that breeds the best in sales culture and work ethic! If you are looking to start your career in software sales, advanced your career after being stagnant in current role, or even make a switch to a fast sales cycle vs a long enterprise cycle THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU! Free lunches are a bonus, excellent work benefits, UNCAPPED commission potential.

Cons

Long work hours, high demands on a monthly sales cycle (not for everyone).

3.0
Jan 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of great people at SolarWinds, some interesting and varied projects to work on, and an increasingly varied technology stack, which is bringing in a lot of cutting edge technology and system architecture. This makes it a good (and increasingly better still) place to work from a technology perspective. Career progression opportunities in Engineering are good for those that are high performers. There is also a lot of attention paid to supervision, mentoring, career progression etc. Engineering leadership within the UK is very good, and has improved greatly in recent years so there is good support and direction for matters within their jurisdiction.

Cons

Since the former LogicNow was acquired by SolarWinds, the way Engineering projects are managed has gradually changed. Decision making all too often becoming centred on the Ottawa office which has a very different (and not particularly enlightened or agile) management style. Teams in the UK increasingly need to collaborate with teams in Ottawa (and elsewhere) which means more time in meetings and less autonomy to get stuff done as they see fit. Skilled and high performing teams and individuals have therefore been disempowered and managed remotely from Ottawa, which has led to some good people leaving. This is unfortunate given the good UK engineering leadership, which seem powerless to influence this - it seems like decisions are being taken over their heads.

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