SolarWinds reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(264 total reviews)
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Sudhakar Ramakrishna

79% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 11, 2021

CEO is hypocritical

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Pros

The new CEO is trying very hard to be open and well liked. He hosts meetings where he talks about thing such as how all employees should be treated equally and how implicit trust is huge (all good things, but read the cons now…)

Cons

He is making the entire staff return to the office 3x a week, with exceptions. When we asked him if the executives have to come in, he said “extraordinary people deserve exceptions”… how contradictory. He also would not send out a survey to the office asking what work preferences were because “50% of people would want to be remote and 50% would want to come it”. Come on now, we all know that the majority 70-80% prefer remote work. What started out as a strong start for the new CEO has changed. The whole company is bitter and miserable. Don’t bother coming here, for your own mental health, the higher pay is not worth it.

2.0
Jun 25, 2021
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Pros

Solarwinds is essentially a no-kill shelter. They will not fire you, even if you don't show up for days at a time. New CEO seems like he's on a better track than the nightmare of KBT.

Cons

Before the breach, we were making some slow-but-steady progress towards newer tech. After the breach, it has been mind-numbing security theater. Management no longer trusts their teams and has reverted to micromanagement. Absolute nightmare. Pay was about 30% below market with no intention of fixing it. Employee morale is in the dumps. Can't hire anyone for backfill because the salary isn't competitive. Only stayed on because it was a steady paycheck during a pandemic. Old CEO would send out proselytizing emails around every Christian holiday. Not a good look for a diverse global company.

5.0
Jun 16, 2021

Great place to work

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Pros

Great place to learn and grow. Great lower management - I've never worked with such great managers before. Reasonable transparency. Great compensation.

Cons

Very dynamic environment causing a lot of changes - sometimes it's contra-productive and frustrating.

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