Not as human first as they claim - Sr Software Engineer F5 Employee Review

2.0
7 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Wellness weekends (shared 4 day weekends across company) Feels like immediate team cares about you, but definitely not leadership. As far as I'm aware recent layoffs had a nice severance (5 months). Unsure if will be that way still going forward.

Cons

No recent salary increases. Pay is not as high as other companies. Bonus is only ever stock. Rto mandate even though you're team is in different states and countries, so you drive in for zoom meetings. It also doesn't take into account pto or sick days, so it encourages people to come in sick. (Told you have to "plan better" if you can't make minimum...). Half of your time will be meetings, more talking about how to do the work and not enough time to do it. Pto amount not super generous, wellness weekends help. Reorgs removed required roles that business is not refilling, so more non work put on others outside of sprint commitments.

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5.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* I enjoyed the collaborative team culture. Everyone was supportive and willing to help each other. * The work-life balance was good, and the overall working environment was relatively low stress. * I had opportunities to work on large-scale enterprise products and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Cons

* One area I felt could be improved was compensation growth. As my responsibilities and technical skills expanded, I was looking for opportunities that offered stronger career and compensation progression.

4.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits and good culture

Cons

Sales compensation changes frequently and randomly

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