Extreme Networks Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Extreme Networks full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Not much supervision
Work from home
Great pay
Good culture
Very friendly people

Cons – Seems unfocused at times
High turn-over rate at leadership level

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on support more than on sales.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Extreme Networks as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Highly respected market (compared to the big network switch vendors)
Professional and relaxed worked atmosphere
One of the few companies in the valley that hired diverse employees (age, GL, ethnicity..etc)
Fun environment

Cons – Things began to change with the massive cut of Inside Sales team - and many cuts throughout the company
Management outright lied about job security
Very political
No longer the cool place to work. Several "good ones" has left

Advice to Senior Management – What about the employee? There - enough said.

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

Former Employee – worked at Extreme Networks

Pros – Most folks there are pros that have to wear more than one hat. Spreads employees too thin making everything passable but nothing great...

Cons – Leadership lacked focus and had more regard for self preservation than results. Which led to many not surviving.

Advice to Senior Management – Plan and execute don't be reactionary.

Former Employee – worked at Extreme Networks full-time for less than a year

Pros – Solid technology platform, in many categories the best in class

Cons – No partner base, no inside sales, no lead generation, no strategic alliances, no joint solutions, no solid strategy

Advice to Senior Management – The management needs to build a long-term strategy and stick to it, not so much rely upon individuals (which are important, but volatile), but more on the process...

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

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

Pros – Decent company to work for though constantly struggling to maintain it's place in the Ethernet switching market. Most personnel know their business inside out.

Cons – Continued changes in senior level management and direction of the company make it difficult to grow revenue and customer base.

Advice to Senior Management – Previous executive level management appears to have been more successful...find out what they were doing and concentrate efforts to mirror that model.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Good people
Not stressful
On-site cafeteria
Lots of parking

Cons – Need executives who can execute
Not much opportunity for growth

Advice to Senior Management – See con

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Extreme Networks as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great coworkers
Not micromanaged
Work doesn't interfere with social life

Cons – Company culture lacking
OK pay
Not challenging on a day-to-day basis

Advice to Senior Management – More deadlines and macro-managing. Employees can too easily get off task.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Extreme Networks full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – People were very good to work with

Cons – lots of hours and low pay

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Extreme Networks as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great working environment allowing interaction with all different departments with ease

Cons – Location would be the worry

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the hard work

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

Former Employee – worked at Extreme Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – A great work environment and some awesome technology.

Cons – Periodically experiences downsizing and RIFs.

Advice to Senior Management – I was RIFd after a financial engineering move left the company in a cashflow crunch. I'd advise being more cautious about those types of moves -- although I was not in any position to pass judgment on whether the financial move was necessary to preserve the company's viability or independence.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend