Is Viasat a good company to work for?

Viasat has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,125 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 3% over the last 12 months. 68% of employees would recommend working at Viasat to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Viasat have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , Intern and Systems Test Engineer .

Does Viasat pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Viasat employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Viasat. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Viasat?

68% of Viasat employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Viasat 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Viasat?

Software Engineer (206) , Engineer (47) , Program Manager (46) , Senior Software Engineer (34) , Software Engineer(Internship) (33) , Software Engineering Intern (25) , Systems Engineer (25) , Project Manager (24) , Software Engineer Intern (24) , Member Of Technical Staff (21) , Manager (20) , Hardware Engineer (16) , Intern (16) , Systems Test Engineer (16) , Network Engineer (15)

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

"Innovative and great culture allowing you to grow and develop" ((in 228 reviews)); "benefits are great and very very cheap" ((in 224 reviews)); "Great work life balance even for full" ((in 179 reviews)); "The people are great and very outgoing." ((in 173 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 58 reviews))

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

"Pretty much everything starting from a bad management" ((in 62 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs" ((in 40 reviews)); "It's fun until you find out you have no recourse against a bad manager, and no one has your back." ((in 39 reviews)); "Senior leadership is an out of touch old boys club." ((in 33 reviews)); "Upper management became complacent, lazy, and didn't see the red flags when VS2 failed to deploy." ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Viasat layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Viasat locations?

Carlsbad , Tempe , San Diego , Duluth , Denver , College Station , Englewood , Atlanta , Germantown , Austin , Phoenix , Houston , San Jose , Boston , Gilbert , Washington , Bryan , Cleveland , Seattle , New York , Marlborough , Quincy , Chicago , Carlsbad , El Paso , Encinitas , San Luis Obispo , Colorado Springs , Baltimore , Gaithersburg

Viasat reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,744 total reviews)

Mark Dankberg

73% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Viasat has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,744 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Viasat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Mar 21, 2024

Time at Viasat

Software automation test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really good team Flexible with remote/hybrid The projects were always interesting

Cons

Multiple layoffs in a 6 month span that dropped a lot of longterm talented people with no warning given. Wasn't a fan of the new President of the company

1.0

Mar 21, 2024

Was great, but no more...

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

this was a really fun, rewarding, challenging place to work... was.

Cons

I believe that the leadership is now openly hostile to the employees in general. I believe this because of the recent benefits change. On 2/27 they announced that new benefits plans would be available, and that all employees needed to elect through open enrollment. Open enrollment opened on 3/11 and closed on 3/20. A total of four emails were sent out indicating that this change was occurring. Of the 4, only one had any mention of mandatory elections above the fold (1st page of the email). None had any mention of it in bold, large text, or otherwise noticeable. Basically the only notes about needing to re-enroll were in the fine-print. Pretty sure 5-10% of the employees just lost their insurance today.

Viasat Response

2y

Thank you for the review. We are truly committed to listening to employee feedback and making the changes we need to make to ensure our employees have opportunities to learn and grow with Viasat. With the increasing cost of medical care and the goal of offering our employees and their families affordable and quality care, we added a third plan this year to bring employees a less expensive option. Because of this, employees were asked to re-enroll so they could consider all the options. Additionally, to make sure all employees are aware of the changes, we’ve followed up individually with employees who haven’t taken action in their accounts.

5.0

Mar 21, 2024

Great organization!

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Changes in leadership and organizational structure are very promising for the direction of Viasat.

Cons

Total compensation is not competitive.

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