Viasat reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,744 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 1,744 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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2K reviews
3.0
Aug 23, 2015

Good people, poor pay...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work with a great group of people and benefits are good.

Cons

under paid for our responsibilities.

2.0
Aug 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice work facility. Casual dress. Health-conscious corporate mentality. Good benefits. Good training opportunities. Get to work with some extremely smart people.

Cons

There's a lot of contention and miscommunication between HQ in CA and the Denver office. The Denver office touts that it is work/life balance-friendly, but it's actually not at all. Pay is mediocre, and long hours are expected of salaried employees at all levels. Toxic managers are held onto tightly if they've 1) been there a long time (particularly former Wild Blue employees) & 2) understand the very complex, proprietary infrastructure. It seems such managers are above being let go no matter how business-inappropriate their actions and words are. HR is a complete joke - don't go there with any issues you'd like to actually get resolved. The culture is HIGHLY meeting-centric, so there's little time to do one's actual work unless s/he works the previously referenced long hours. Upper management in Denver wants to be worshipped (no exaggeration). Gossip that hurts the functionality of the Company abounds and isn't discouraged by management. The network is held together with bubblegum and duct tape. (The engineers are very smart and talented. They've just been handed a huge mess to try to manage, so the lack of network integrity isn't their fault.) There are only a select few who understand the overall architecture, and that knowledge tends to be hoarded. Such knowledge definitely isn't shared in a way that's accessible and understandable to new employees, no matter how technical they already are coming in the door.

4.0
Aug 12, 2015

Operations Intern

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Dynamic Work environment Can take on many projects The ability to make a positive impact on the company

Cons

pay may be lower than comparable position elsewhere

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