Extreme Networks Reviews
81% would recommend to a friend
(942 total reviews)
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Updated Nov 29, 2023
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- 5.0FEATURED REVIEWJul 31, 2023DirectorCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsRaleigh, NC
Pros
People actually care about their jobs and push to do their very best. Collaboration is real but doesn't slow down progress
Cons
Global company but still striving for global consistency in processes.
- 5.0Nov 13, 2023Marketing ExecutiveFormer EmployeeSalem, NH
Pros
People, Market, Customers, Growth, Remote work
Cons
Benefits. none other than that.
- 2.0Nov 13, 2023Senior Account ManagerFormer Employee, more than 1 yearHouston, TX
Pros
Technology - Extreme really does have a solid wired and wireless offering that competes well in the market. The pre-sales engineering folks are great to work with. If you hit your number you will make good money. I did.
Cons
Leadership - especially on the sales side. It's either non-existent, stoic and calculating, or passive-aggressive. (This was my experience.) Extreme is also a bit on the low-side when it comes to total compensation. Based on my research, Cisco, Juniper, Arista and HPE offer more in terms of total OTE. Even though Extreme does have decent technology, no one seems to know it. They are a small fraction of the entire networking market. I have even spoken to customers who have never heard of them. (And they've been in business since the 1990s.) Market awareness is sorely lacking. Turnover is a huge problem. I was on a team of 16 people, and at one year and six months, I was the 3rd-longest tenured person on the team. Not good. Thus, territories and quotas change more than the weather.
- 4.0Nov 29, 2023Human Resources ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsRaleigh, NC
Pros
Excellent benefits, people orientated. Value employees, People are their number one priority.
Cons
can't think of any cons
- 2.0Nov 22, 2023Sales RepresentativeCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsSan Jose, CA
Pros
Most everyone not in management are good people.
Cons
Most of the management runs the sales team like a sweatshop. They manage by fear and play favorites.
- 5.0Oct 26, 2023EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Employees who care about the company, the quality of the products and the organizations that use them.
Cons
Working remotely does not allow opportunities to meet peers face to face.
- 2.0Nov 16, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 8 years
Pros
Upper management clueless about what employees responsibilities are and what it takes to do the job.
Cons
Favoritism not based on job performance.
- 4.0Nov 21, 2023Associate Software Applications EngineerCurrent EmployeeSan Jose, CA
Pros
Helpful colleagues, exciting work and good environment
Cons
No work life balance in some teams and no stocks
- 1.0Oct 25, 2023SalesCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsBoston, MA
Pros
The technology works… kind of. The people in my territory and team are great and we support each other.
Cons
If you come here thinking you’ll be involved in sales, think again and think real hard about it. You will be more of an administrative therapist than anything. The work/life balance is a complete joke. There’s talk everywhere about how we have “amazing culture” but if someone reaches out at 11pm I’m expected to hop on and deliver what I’m asked right away. I spend more time doing reports and managing internal issues than I do actual sales. When I bring this up to my manager, they ask to involve them, but nothing can really be done because our internal processes are so broken. That applies with our products as well as our internal politics. It leaves very little time to be proactive. The emphasis this year at the company is net-new business, as it should be with any company. But we can’t actively engage in going after new business with the way things are. The way we license and service products doesn’t support a company that wants to be a software company. Nevermind if you can actually book a deal without there being at least one issue with a license or service. There’s so much internal infighting so don’t expect to solve issues quickly. On top of all this, we get emails from VP levels of management essentially saying none of us know how to do our jobs and we all should be replaced. They could replace every single one of us and the same issues would arise because they refuse to listen and fix internal issues. I would counter that our management doesn’t know how to do their jobs. I’ve hit my number every year I’ve been here, but every day is like walking on eggshells. When something with an opportunity changes or goes wrong, you then will have to update 15 different people on it individually. From your manager, director, sales ops, vp, team members - It’s exasperating. So think real hard if you want to be in an environment like this.
2 - 4.0Nov 4, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
Great work culture, learning environment, helpful colleagues, competitive pay
Cons
No cons yet, looking forward to join again
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Extreme Networks has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 1,025 reviews left anonymously by employees. 81% of employees would recommend working at Extreme Networks to a friend and 78% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.
81% of Extreme Networks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Extreme Networks 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Extreme Networks to be benefits, career development, culture and the cons to be senior leadership, management.
