SonicWall reviews

3.8

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,063 total reviews)
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Paul Ilse

82% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

SonicWall has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,063 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SonicWall employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Feb 7, 2024

Never board a sinking ship

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Pros

-coworkers (individual contributors) are great.

Cons

Leadership is so unorganized. And this is across all realms at SonicWall. And to make things worse, C-levels really did nothing to correct the company's course. Bad investments, playing catch up with shoddy tech, not fixing all the broken things (PM was a nightmare and operated solely for their own egos, with the exception of two or three in that group), and positioning products with industry naming that never performed as promised. They dumped beta testing on the SE org because it was a way to cut costs, and that did little to improve product stability. There was little to no room to move up, raises were a joke if they were even offered, and somehow the company stayed afloat. It was like watching a rubbish bin on fire, floating down river. Internal in-fighting within mid-tier leadership, seagull management practices, relying on cheap upgrades and "available stock" as reasons to buy... The only logical reason to work here is if you need a job and are okay watching everything burn down around you while people are promoted for the Excel skills. TL;DR - there are other more viable options for employment. Seek those out.

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2.0
Sep 12, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working hours and work from home policy. Interesting and growing industry. Competent individual contributors.

Cons

Top-down decision-making with expectation to work and respond to colleagues 16x7x360, including holidays and vacations. Management by intimidation stifles empowerment and open discussion. Continual, bi-monthly layoffs catch loyal and knowledgeable employees off guard, creates a culture of chronic fear and low morale.

1.0
Apr 6, 2017

Culture shift for bad

Recommend
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Pros

Product has mass appeal Fits SMB market well Well known Many LONG time partners

Cons

Support hinders sales Mid Tier & enterprise accounts will not take SonicWALL seriously Interface is clunky & old Reporting is basic and old looking Culture of fear now not part of Dell Mass turnover after Dell break up

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