Equinix Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Equinix full-time

Pros – Ability to make over $250k yearly

Cons – Leads are hard to come by. Cold calling needed

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

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

Pros – Cant complain...good management and good amount of OT.

Cons – Shift Work tends to be long and abusive.

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

Current Employee – been working at Equinix as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Fastest growing company in the Tech world. Dedication, driven, passionate and finacially stable company. Global leader in the industry. Employees take pride in their work. You will find a career at Equinix. You control your future!

Cons – There are no cons, this company is world class

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

Former Employee – worked at Equinix as an intern for less than a year

Pros – The employees are very down to earth and friendly. Everyone seems to know what they are doing and the company culture is very positive.

Cons – No cons really from my short term internship.

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

Current Employee – been working at Equinix

Pros – Good growth in this industry and company is doing very well

Cons – They do not have a good career development plan for interns or employees

Advice to Senior Management – Have a good career development plan for interns or employees

Current Employee – been working at Equinix

Pros – Great Company to work for. good people

Cons – none that i can think of

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

Current Employee – been working at Equinix

Pros – The culture is great, very collaborative and open. It still has a start up feel even though we are about 3K employees. There are many employees within the company who have been here over 10 years.

Cons – they have a robust benefits package but I think it falls short of some other high tech companies in the valley.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Equinix

Pros – The people are great to work with

Cons – The internal politics has grown...

Advice to Senior Management – Let the people do their job...

Former Employee – worked at Equinix

Pros – -Overall, the company seems like a positive place to work; it's just my experience in the tax department that was very poor.
-There always seems to be food for everyone in the kitchen
-Good coffee
-Business casual (even jeans permitted) - if you look this kind of atmosphere
-People seem to be satisfied

Cons – Again, this company seems great overall, but the tax department was a terrible place to work.
I was an intern with moderate excel skills and no experience in tax. I explained this to them before they contracted me. From the beginning I could see that the lady I reported to didn't have the time to train me or to guide me. She would often give me projects outside of my skill/knowledge level (Like I said, I didn't have any experience) and then lose her patience and condescend to me when I made mistakes. I got nothing but a sense of frustration and rudenss from her. My internship experience was terrible - I voluntarily left after 5 weeks. I have no idea why they contracted me, knowing I had such a thin background in this subject.

If they post an ad for an 'tax intern', watch out. They clearly want someone with advanced excel skills and a working knowledge of corporate tax. They just want to pay the person $20 an hour and no benefits rather than the market rate. Beware!

Advice to Senior Management – Conduct some training on best interviewing practices with your tax personnel. They clearly don't know how to filter the right candidate (wasting their time & the candidate's time). I would also review professional practices and train them on how to work effectively with employees/personnel who are new and may need some time 'getting up-to-speed'. Condescending, rudeness and treating a new hire like he/she is stupid is hardly professional... that type of behavior should not be tolerated.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Equinix

Pros – - Stable growth
- consistent stock and bonus
- industry leader
- great work/ personal life balance
- youthful low & middle management (opportunity)

Cons – - a bit of arrogance and selfishness built into the culture
- youthful low & middle management (not as experienced)
- sometimes too much political game play given the size of the organization

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend