a little above average company - Software Development Engineer (SDE) II F5 Employee Review

4.0
May 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

culture is good, hybrid is allowed, decent salary

Cons

being from IIT and comparing with other friends, not too happy with what they're paying and they're already paying me to the upper limit of what they can afford for sde2, the only reason of my promotion to sde2 was also because I joined this at ~70% of my previous salary. joined it solely for the culture and wanted to have some good time. just to give an idea, my previous company salary was 26 fixed, and f5 started with ~23(17fixed and ~6 stocks/other benefits) and even after promotion with 30%, they're giving ~30(21 fixed and ~10 stocks/other). kinda like even after 3 year of experience, my total pay growth ~10%

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5.0
Jan 5, 2026
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Pros

they are serious about creating a great work culture.

Cons

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5.0
May 30, 2026
Recommend
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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.

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