SolarWinds reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,458 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 1,458 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
1.0
Apr 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Money can be decent Nice new building Free lunch twice a week

Cons

Mindless sales role, where any type of independent thoughts or strategies outside of the company 'sales model' is not only discouraged but actively punished by drone-like middle management. Absolutely NO ROOM for any type of growth or career development. Just pick up the phone, dial and smile... but you can't smile, when all you do all day is jam 50% discounts down customers throats and push them to purchase sooner than later. After reading this last sentence you're probably smart enough to realize that jamming a 50% discount down their throat to make them purchase would quickly lose its effect after multiple attempts... and it does... the only thing the useless 'discount for timeframe' model does do well is devalue the product and also turn the customer off ever buying again... and if they do buy, the buy it whenever they want and demand the discount you have offered them for 15 weeks in a row inline with whatever BS story that can be made up to make 'this' discount sound credible. Management in large are a bunch of entitled 'pre IPOrs' who think they are wayyyyyyyyyyy better than they actually are.... a general feel of 'my way is always right, I cannot ever be wrong, none of you will ever sell as well as I did when I was a rep' from management is ever present and constantly vocalized in meetings. Micromanagement is ridiculous.... Done 150% this quarter? If you haven't made 50 calls on the day that isn't going to matter... you'll be micromanaged over anything the very binary management can come up with to maintain a sense of superiority that they in truth do not actually have - and know it deep down. Employee quality - there are some smart people here. But over the last year or two, the quality of hires has dropped dramatically... No degree? Felony? FELONIES? Worked as a server before this job and don't know what a computer is? No worries... come on in... no skill required here... just drink the kool aid, dial and tolerate the management abuse. Employee abuse - bad month? Expect to get abused... but not just by your immediate manager - by the directors, the VPs and even the CEO as he strides around the floor yelling, yes YELLING "Sell more!! Sell something!!!" to anyone within earshot... in short, it really blows. No loyalty or sense of job security...

1.0
Apr 16, 2015

Good Products but, Bad Management.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced work, opportunity to work with cross border teams, good products, process oriented, decent compensation and work life balance.

Cons

No job security - they fire people at hours notice. Lack of good HR management. Lot of mismanagement. Little or no product training, no onsite opportunities for dev. Too much processes that slows down growth. Too much politics for a small company. Unwanted managers at certain level. No promotions.

4.0
Apr 16, 2015

ISR

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The ability to make good money and fast (hard work required) The incentives (bonuses, trips, etc.) The people - I've made lasting friendships The benefits are top notch

Cons

Daily demand for business means constant stress and pressure.

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