Is Viasat a good company to work for?

Viasat has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,122 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 (46) , 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?

"benefits are great and very very cheap" ((in 227 reviews)); "Great company spirit and culture" ((in 221 reviews)); "Great work life balance even for full" ((in 174 reviews)); "The people are great and very outgoing." ((in 174 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 52 reviews))

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

"Pretty much everything starting from a bad management" ((in 65 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 40 reviews)); "Low salary and less challenge" ((in 38 reviews)); "Senior leadership is an out of touch old boys club." ((in 31 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

(1,741 total reviews)

Mark Dankberg

74% 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 1,741 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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2K reviews

1.0

May 16, 2015

Want to work for a Narcissist then try VIASAT

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The actual work is challenging and sometimes leading edge , but mostly bleeding edge.

Cons

This company acts like a classical Narcissist. Almost everyone in managment seems to thrive by exhibiting conceited, argumentative, or self centered traits.This is a long-term pattern of abnormal thinking, feeling, and behavior that is played out from the interviews into every project that you will work on. These company traits are peculiar or disturbing when management encourages everyone to act this way. Now some thrive in this culture but they become like sharks and the workers become bate. There are meetings that are devoted to finding people in the company who can or will be laid off. This happens regularly , I know I have sat through them. Then there are the stalwarts who have been at the company for many years and they are untouchable . Overall if you can swim with the grate white then maybe you could survive in this company.

2.0

Apr 20, 2012

Challenging work, poor compensation.

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

ViaSat is a decent place to work. It has a very relaxed atmosphere, open door policy, and great benefits. It has a "Do The Right Thing" motto, and therefore puts a lot of trust in the employees. This allows for flexible work schedules, and some working from home which is a great benefit.

Cons

ViaSat is understaffed, and always will be. This puts a lot of pressure on the employees, being overworked, and underpaid for the hours that they put in. There is no overtime pay for salary employees, and with most salary employees working 50-60 hours/week it can way heavily on you.

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

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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.

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