Ixia Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Ixia

Pros – If you want to do some challenging work then this is the right place...
flexibility at work schedule....
if you are correct the you have the freedom to speak out....
if you want then you have opportunity to grow...

Cons – hmmmm...
management issues... Process issues...
HR issues....

Advice to Senior Management – please try to fix the issue process related issues and closely work with lower level people...

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

Current Employee – been working at Ixia

Pros – Pension is good.
Pay can be good if you negotiate well in the beginning but don't expect pay rises

Cons – Bullying, dishonest management always looking to screw the employee. only route to progression is through brown nosing and stabbing colleagues in the back. Very long hours for no reward. Unachievable targets set to reduce commission payouts. Did I mention the Bullying
If you manage to negotiate a good wage when you get the job that will be held against you, don't expect pay rises and you will always feel like you living with the sword of Damocles over your head.
Management by fear approach by the VP of Sales, supported by the senior US management as well as the UK Sales manager. Managers aren't managers they are yes men, thugs and henchmen for the VP of Sales. A Truly Toxic and Hostile environment to work in.

Advice to Senior Management – Value you your people they will work better for you if you respect them and stop the bulling. Your staff is demoralized, demotivated and desperate. Ixia's core values should apply to the Senior management MORE than to the employees, lead by example, be fair and decent.
A fish rots from the head

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great Learning exprience
Opportunity to travel

Cons – No respect for people who have been staying for long

Advice to Senior Management – The senior management is good
More focus is needed for the management at India (too much politics)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ixia for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people, industry leading/strong track record, focused on culture and developing our people, a global footprint, opportunities are boundless. Join us if you like collaborating with passion, focus and speed. We're proud of our company, our team and our purpose in the hi-tech space. We have a lot of fun while solving very challenging, bleeding-edge technical problems.

Cons – The pace is fast, but it's worth it if you like making a difference.

Advice to Senior Management – Stay focused. Keep growing. Keep focusing on making Ixia a great place to work, learn and grow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for more than a year

Pros – Working for a successful & rapidly growing company like Ixia is thrilling, especially when many of its products are cutting edge and first-to-market. Partnerships with the best companies in technology and industry standards organizations set Ixia apart from its competition. Opportunities to learn the latest technologies and stay ahead in one's career make Ixia a compelling place to work.

Cons – My negative experience with Ixia may have been a negative side effect of its rapid growth. In one case, I was treated harshly by a co-worker who worked many years for the Ixia. We worked together on the same account, yet, he treated me like his competition and tarnished my reputation with our customer by backbiting and using false accusations. Despite his relatively narrow technical expertise, and even worse communication skills, management looked the other way when I and his other peers voiced concerns. In another case, a project manager with very little people management experience (and an extreme lack of interpersonal skills) was promoted to be the director of the global professional services organization. In my opinion, his disagreeable personality sours the morale of the entire organization.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for more than a year

Pros – Chance to grow, lots of opportunities to learn about cutting edge technologies related to networking.

Cons – Facilities like lunch etc could be planned better.

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

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for more than a year

Pros – - New and complex technologies
- Friendly environment
- Capable management
- Good base salary
- Great additional benefits

Cons – - Sometimes work can be a bit stressful
- Late hours some days due to the need for meetings with US and India people

Advice to Senior Management – Relax your expectations for one release train. If time has shown you cannot do as much as you would like in so little time without adding stress and overtime to the technical staff, then you should rethink your estimations.

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

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flexi timings, Home location, free cab facility

Cons – Worst management, no self-learning oppurtunities, very ad-hoc basis work, compensation not at par with industry

Advice to Senior Management – Be sane...!!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - getting into new technologies (optimize traffic, data security)
- great benefits
- good pay relative to the market
- open management

Cons – - woking hours tend to go late in the evening due to time difference although there are some efforts into limiting the meeting up to a certain hour of the day
- the company doubled the number of employees and the people still didn't integrate, don't feel always as a team
- fast changes are happening but they are not managed properly and raise people frustration
- middle management need to grow from technical to people managers

Advice to Senior Management – Middle managers need to grow and learn how to talk to people, evaluate them, praise them

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

Current Employee – been working at Ixia full-time for less than a year

Pros – Growth, opportunity, employee support. Best ideas win.

Cons – Fast paced environment, can require log hours

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