SolarWinds reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,459 total reviews)
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Sudhakar Ramakrishna

78% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

SolarWinds has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,459 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
1.0
Mar 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some good people at the company, lunch twice a week, products are well regarded in the market

Cons

Where to start? Your job is constantly threatened if you aren't hitting daily and weekly numbers, the managers are taught used car sales tactics, and some of the directors are completely clueless. They have just been promoted because they were either favorites or have been with the company long enough. The VP's are a complete joke and add no value to the organization, especially in sales where they provide no help other than to ask people where specific sales are. The CEO is completely inappropriate, yelling across the floor, forcing people to work ridiculous hours on days like Christmas Eve, and sending out emails pushing his Christianity agenda with bible verses and quotes. Favorites are played across the floor, so in order to hit the quotas, you have to be a favorite and receive online quotes from your manager or your director. If you aren't one of their favorites, you will struggle. Rules are bent for numerous people- for example, one rep was allowed to go on the Club trip last year and named rookie of the quarter even though he didn't earn it and had less sales than other rookie reps. He was just friends with one of the VPs outside of work. Club trip is reserved for folks who hit 100% for a full fiscal year, and he hadn't hit a quota or been there for a year yet. If you are interviewing and you ask the recruiter about the company and the glassdoor reviews, he or she is going to lie to you as well. Also, most great reviews you read on here are either written by management or they asked a rep to write a great review on here.

2.0
Mar 28, 2016

Former Sales Rep

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great on resume, fast paced environment lends itself to quick learners. Free lunches twice a week. Flexible on-boarding process, can make immediate impact on earnings...especially if you luck out and get handed some nice accounts. But if you have previous Sales experience, just keep looking. This is really an entry-level sales gig.

Cons

Unfortunately the Sales culture is garbage and the recent acquisition/stock option buyouts mostly rewarded leadership only (admittedly there were some arbitrary sales people who had stock options too but for the most part no one but the upper echelon benefitted from the Sales Floor's hard work). Zero sense of ownership in the company, even after nearly 5 years of "driving growth". I will say that SolarWinds was good to me and my family for about 2 years...after that...it became a dead-end Sales job driven by selfish Executive "leadership". If you're reading this and disagree, then sit back and enjoy your stock option buyout. It must be nice.

1.0
Mar 23, 2016

The Fish Rots from the Head!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the smartest people work in the Boulder office, the first floor rules! Work in a beautiful city in a beautiful state!

Cons

During the time I worked for Solarwinds, I was ridiculed, degraded, bullied and manipulated by the Corporate Services Department in the Austin office; HR and my manager was very much aware and DID NOTHING! I was not the only person whom was treated with such disdain; the CEO was also very much aware and did nothing! (My manager actually told me to let the bullying continue, if I didn’t I may not have a job) The executive staff thrives, values and applauds this kind of behavior; it absolutely comes from the top! Extreme blatant favoritism and severe hypocritical attitudes are monumental issues within the company. Unethical, wrongful and actionable behavior is prevalent and creates a hostile work environment; this absolutely comes from the top!

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