Viasat reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,743 total reviews)

Mark Dankberg

73% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Viasat has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,743 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
4.0
Jun 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great campus - Flexible work arrangements - Great company holiday party - CEO is down to earth - Casual dress code in operations - "Work hard, play hard" culture

Cons

- A lot of martyrs in my former department who worked long hours and/or on weekends. Seemed to be a competition of who could take the least vacation and work the most hours. - ViaSat is not immune to politics - Older product lines seemed to have a lot of tribal knowledge and spotty documentation

3.0
Dec 27, 2016

Strong engineering culture - weak sales culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is a good depth and breadth of engineering capabilities across several communication technologies. Relaxed culture and environment.

Cons

This is an engineering driven company, following the premise of "if you build it, they will come". They don't understand the need and differences for marketing, sales, or business development. Constant pressure to meet Wall St quarterly expectations.

3.0
Apr 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The individuals beneath upper management were GREAT to work with. Many perks, free coffee, some free lunches, and flexible schedule.

Cons

Upper management often were completely clueless as to the actual project scopes, timelines, and often mishandled expectations by having a fundamental misunderstanding of the capabilities of a human. Simple limitations were lost on upper management (such as, the typing speed of an average human) and the more complex capabilities were too often misrepresented.

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