F5 Networks Reviews

I worked at F5 Networks

Pros – Smart people, team atmosphere, good pay

Cons – Very political, difficult to be promoted

Advice to Senior Management – Promote based on merit

I have been working at F5 Networks

Pros – F5 really values its engineers

Cons – No cons sorry but seriously no

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Still feels like a small company with many unusual perks

Cons – Starting to feel some growing pains

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great Place to work, good payment

Cons – Customer shifting to cloud. Product in the market goes to commodity.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Made good friends
Nice Seattle location.
Diversity in the workplace
Cutting-edge technology that you may have time to explore.

Cons – Very political upper management. Middle management does not care about employees; they serve their masters.
Extremely under-staffed in some departments. You will be worked to the breaking point.
Benefits look good on paper, but in reality they are quite limited.
Salary, if negotiated well at hiring, can be competitive, otherwise you must leave the company and come back if you want to be paid fairly. The guy sitting next to you may be earning 10K more and be half as productive as you.

Getting anything paid for is like squeezing blood from a rock. The technical lab is a joke at this point.
Hard work is rewarded with more work to do. Standards are not consistently applied.
There has been very little investment in engineering. Most hiring is in sales.

They cut corners now far more than any time in the past.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop just thinking about the short term. Work for the good of the company, not the demands of Wall Street analysts. Spend a little.
Stop hiring your buddies. Management quality has declined over the years, substantially.
Get out and at least pretend like you care.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great people and exciting product line

Cons – There can be long hours

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to keep a fun atmosphere to overcome negative aspects of long hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Negotiable flexible work hours and friendly atmosphere which makes one feel welcome. Very multicultural and inclusive. Opportunities for career growth as company is expanding.

Cons – Hiring process is long so might need to wait it out. Entry positions sometimes do not renumerate at the same rate as competitors.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at F5 Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Balanced life and work, not very lay-back, not much over time as well. There are some talented engineers as well.

Cons – A lot of office politics in some groups, a lot of complex relationships, brothers, buddy, previous company co-workers. Some managers are very good at politics and kiss ass, no knowledge or work ethics.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Excellent focus on work/life balance, opportunities to travel and work with great people.

Cons – Growing pains right now impacting the organization can be frustrating and disruptive.

Advice to Senior Management – Make a decision and stick with it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at F5 Networks full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Small number of layers in the organization
Hard workers everywhere keeping everyone from feeling as though they are the only one rowing
Feels like family in many groups adding to enjoyment of being here

Cons – Need more vision related messaging coming from above to help relay to customers

Advice to Senior Management – Keep John McAdam. He has created trust with the employees and an approach-ability to the executive team.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company