Is Viasat a good company to work for?

Viasat has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,124 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 3% over the last 12 months. 67% 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?

67% 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?

"benefits are great and very very cheap" ((in 234 reviews)); "Innovative and great culture allowing you to grow and develop" ((in 223 reviews)); "Work life balance is great !!" ((in 177 reviews)); "The people are great and very outgoing." ((in 168 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 55 reviews))

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

"Pretty much everything starting from a bad management" ((in 61 reviews)); "Frequent Layoffs" ((in 41 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 32 reviews)); "Upper management became complacent, lazy, and didn't see the red flags when VS2 failed to deploy." ((in 24 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

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,743 total reviews)

Mark Dankberg

73% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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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

3.0

Feb 1, 2021

Good benefits, not so good pay

Network operations tech

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work environment is clean and comfortable Ergonomic options are readily available when you need them They employ many tactics to maintain cohesive teams and keep you feeling involved

Cons

Pay is terrible compared to the same job at other companies The tools to make your job easier are non-existent and you have to make them Technical Manuals on new equipment are rare

Viasat Response

5y

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review! It’s important to us that we equip our employees with the right resources to succeed whether that’s having great ergonomic options or learning and development opportunities to help them thrive in their career. We strive to make an ongoing effort of closely watching market rates to ensure that our compensation packages remain competitive. 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. We wish you the best of luck in your future career!

3.0

Sep 28, 2020

Big Ideas, Excellent Marketing, Yet Very Weak Delivery

Customer engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great ideas are present by this company. It strives to stay young by hiring many young and many good engineers. CEO is brilliant.

Cons

Young engineers often run on their own and ignore lessons learned and solved by the more experienced team members. By the time product delivery is done many avoidable problems arise out of nowhere, which often delay product delivery by months and months.

Viasat Response

5y

Thanks for your feedback! We’re happy to hear you’re excited by the impact our company is making around the world. A lot of thought goes into finding the right people to join our mission to connect the unconnected. Whether you’re our CEO, a manager, or an intern, we believe great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Providing new learning and career development opportunities allows us to find new ways to better support and empower our employees. Though the airline industry has been impacted, our diversified business structure and actions taken by our executive leadership team has allowed us to stay resilient during these times. We have exciting news coming soon on areas where we’ve expanded our business. We wish you the best of luck in your next venture!

3.0

Sep 25, 2020

Its okay

Tech support representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people that I worked with were great

Cons

The management lack of support

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