Software Engineer on the BigIP - Senior Software Engineer F5 Employee Review

2.0
26 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Quite a few good smart engineers and the product itself is interesting to work on. The company has had strong growth and provides above average benefits.

Cons

Extremely week engineering management from the Director Level and up. Much is run by those who have grown up with the company but they have failed to grow their management skills and so all the teams suffer. Use of a date engineering process has been less than successful.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Decent Views Decent Benefits Stock Options and 401k matching ORCA and pandaride Thirsty Thursday

Cons

Lower than standard industry pay Corporate culture weeds out those who don't toe the line Weak management with little to no mentorship High turnover, downsizing regularly No direction or accountability within or across teams No advancement opportunity / only senior positions ever available

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