Does SolarWinds pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SolarWinds employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SolarWinds. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SolarWinds?

71% of SolarWinds employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SolarWinds 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SolarWinds?

Sales (74) , Inside Sales Representative (71) , Account Executive (56) , Software Engineer (43) , Account Manager (37) , Technical Support Engineer (32) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Marketing (24) , Senior Developer (20) , Software Developer (19) , Manager (17) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (16) , Sales Engineer (15) , Sales Associate (14) , Marketing Specialist (13)

What are the pros of working at SolarWinds according to real employee reviews?

"We worked very hard and were quite busy most of the time but the people there were great." ((in 146 reviews)); "good benefits and health care" ((in 95 reviews)); "Great colleagues whom have been very helpful when in doubt about stuff and also quick in reply etc." ((in 53 reviews)); "Pay is good if you're right out of college and you can make good money there." ((in 48 reviews)); "Very flexible and good work/life balance" ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SolarWinds according to real employee reviews?

"1. Headless Managers and Directors" ((in 51 reviews)); "Upper management is a bit old" ((in 25 reviews)); "CEO at the time was a incompetent" ((in 25 reviews)); "No training you have to learn on your own – ‘survival of the fittest’." ((in 24 reviews)); "Do you want to be the hapless victim of blatant favoritism and pipeline manipulation?" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about SolarWinds layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SolarWinds layoffs and their outlook for job security at SolarWinds in 2026.

What are the top reviewed SolarWinds locations?

Austin , Lehi , Charlotte , Boulder , Raleigh , Durham , Reston , Research Triangle Park , Morrisville , Houston , Ireland , Post Falls , Salt Lake City , New York , Washington , Dallas , San Francisco , San Jose , Miami , Jersey City , Newark , Charlottesville , Arlington , Malta , Omaha , Jacksonville , Round Rock , Texas City , Los Angeles , Westminster

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SolarWinds reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(264 total reviews)

Sudhakar Ramakrishna

79% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

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264 reviews

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2.0

Dec 16, 2014

Senior executives completely disconnected, if you're not American you don't matter

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Personally I've had some excellent mid-level managers, I've learned loads and it's never boring. Money can be decent, but you sell your soul.

Cons

Lots of talk of everyone's opinion being important, but simply not the case. Senior executives are simply in this to earn fast money, and will destroy anyone in their way. The "model" is the end-all-and-be-all. Very high turn-over of staff, especially in sales. If the execs thought the company would be around long term they wouldn't keep flogging shares. Local staff consistently over-looked in favour of staff from the US HQ getting promotions.

3.0

Nov 26, 2014

Company Review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation. Benefits so so.

Cons

Work Life balance suffers. There is no switching off time.

1.0

Nov 21, 2014

Factory mentality with no vision

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many smart colleagues who can move fast and often think fast Salaries are good

Cons

Everything is about makin or beating numbers for this quarter. They don't care about who they hurt or burn out to do that. If upper management just looked at people they could see that. They don't. It's all about moving faster, not smarter. Every manager's job is to get whipped from above and whip those below them. It takes 5 years to get to 4 weeks of PTO and good luck being able to take it. Don't count on work life balance.

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