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    Riverbed Technology Reviews

    Updated November 12, 2018
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    • "Could improve the work-life balance" (in 15 reviews)

    • "Growing pains, like other good companies" (in 24 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (1)

      "Renewals"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time

      Pros

      -Culture - Great People
      -Opportunity for Career Growth
      -Ability to impact direction
      -Leadership making the right changes

      Cons

      -Transition to Cloud slow but improving
      -Channel Strategy

      Advice to Management

      -Keep digging in, pivoting the company to more Software.

    2. Helpful (2)

      "Renewals"

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      Current Employee - Renewal Sales Representative in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Renewal Sales Representative in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great place to work, all the opportunities to shine that you want - step up to the plate, there is work to be done - There are no cliques, just one large team of contributors.

      Cons

      none currently that I can think of

      Advice to Management

      Continue to stay honest and open, and keep moving forward !

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    3. Helpful (2)

      "Renewals"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Renewal Sales Representative in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Renewal Sales Representative in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great people to work with! All are very open and caring with each other. Plenty of opportunity to shine, even for new hires or for those that work remotely. Management has an extremely open door policy, and shows true concern for employees and their needs.
      Benefits are on par with the industry.

      Cons

      Pay raises could reflect cost of living in the area and cost of living increases a bit more.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work. You've created a family style environment that breeds confidence in each other.

    4. "Sales"

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      Current Employee - Sales
      Current Employee - Sales
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great Benefits, 401K, vision and Dental
      Great location
      Internal Sales team is great to work with

      Cons

      Merit Increases would be nice, i hear Riverbed isn't known for doing this but there is room for changes

      Advice to Management

      Identify your top three in the department and reward them
      Cut dead weight, theres no point in paying someone to do a job they cant do the right way

    5. "Used to be fantastic - but increasingly bureaucratic."

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Riverbed Technology full-time

      Pros

      Good salary and benefits and good work/life balance.

      Cons

      Good salary and benefits, but those are being cut back considerably since the company has not been making its numbers. Very weak executive team that do not provide the leadership needed, especially for the sales team.

    6. "Could be better"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time

      Pros

      Salary, benefits. Friendly people.

      Cons

      Management lack of direction and motivation.

    7. "It was ok"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time

      Pros

      It was a great job

      Cons

      The people were hard to work for

    8. "Company Review"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Riverbed Technology full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Benefits
      Compensation
      My experience of Riverbed's culture was that it values its employees more than many other companies I have worked for.

      Cons

      There are internal politics as at any company, & as at any company, Managers & Directors may not have the same set of values as the C level Executives.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "My years at Riverbed"

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      Former Employee - Senior Front End Developer in Sunnyvale, CA
      Former Employee - Senior Front End Developer in Sunnyvale, CA

      I worked at Riverbed Technology full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      I worked at Riverbed as a senior front-end software engineer for five years. Prior to being taken private in 2015, Riverbed was a well-run place to work. It had some excellent managers and the work we did was state-of-the-art. Many of us were laid off in the merger. I cannot say what morale is like there now, in 2018, but I'm told it was pretty low after the layoffs.

      Cons

      There really weren't many downsides (except getting laid off, naturally!). Getting sold to a hedge fund may have buoyed the stock and the senior officers' pay, but I doubt it did much positive for the regular employees of the company.

    10. Helpful (5)

      "Renewals"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Renewals in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Renewals in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Riverbed Technology full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Not many except free food if you enjoy sugar cereal and salty snacks. Nothing healthy here.

      Cons

      It has a frat house/click mentally that seems supported my management and hard to break into. If your over the age of 40 watch out for the “good ol boys club”. It’s still strong. And entirely too much drinking in the office after 4pm.

      Advice to Management

      Really look at breaking up some of the teams/clicks to give others the chance to show what they’ve got. Nepotism runs deep.

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