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Kevin B. Thompson
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"I won't even try to say free lunch twice a week is a perk" (in 54 reviews)
"Free lunch twice a week, great people to work with" (in 39 reviews)
Cons
"Little work/life balance BUT with changes to Exempt status' if you are in a certain class, your hours (even on salary) are compensated" (in 31 reviews)
"Sweatshop, no work life balance" (in 13 reviews)
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"SolarWinds Review"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at SolarWinds full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Fantastic company to work for. Great people, especially the Application Engineers.
Cons
Training is non-existent. It's basically "Here's our software, Learn it."
SolarWinds 2018-07-12 15:06 PDT![SolarWinds Logo]()
"Bad culture"
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I have been working at SolarWinds full-time
Pros
Free coffee and food, and some nice people.
Cons
Terrible management, no training.
SolarWinds 2018-08-14 11:55 PDT![SolarWinds Logo]()
"Great Environment"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at SolarWinds full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great Company for self motivated peole
Cons
Nothing that I remember now
Advice to Management
Keep Rocking!
SolarWinds 2018-07-29 21:58 PDT![SolarWinds Logo]()
"Sales"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at SolarWinds full-time
Pros
Great products that have a large customer base.
Cons
Sales tactics that alienate customers and partners.
SolarWinds 2018-07-27 07:52 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Avoid at all costs"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SolarWinds full-time
Pros
I won't even try to say free lunch twice a week is a perk. The only pro is that this can be a place to get your foot in the door in tech sales. Once you do that leave.
Cons
Everything. The products and people not at the top are the only saving grace that this place has. It is stuck in 2006 and if this continues I do not see SW staying relevant.
SolarWinds 2018-07-26 12:05 PDT![SolarWinds Logo]()
"Business Analyst"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at SolarWinds full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Awesome Culture and Valuable benefits
Cons
Senior Management coordination is average and needs to improve a lot.
SolarWinds 2018-06-19 21:46 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Typical Old School company"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at SolarWinds full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Distributed offices are a perk for engineering, so you get to visit a lot of locations other than the boring Austin offices.
Cons
All directors and above seem hyped about the work that they do, but in the bigger scheme of things, it's not that meaningful. The stack is old and mostly on-premise. Things don't move fast at all. An MSP engineering project was supposed to take 18 months from ideation to launch and it never even happened. Lots of presentations and decks and talk about how it should be done instead of validating by prototyping.
Advice to Management
As mentioned above, it is a pretty old school mentality of building software (talk about it a lot instead of just doing/prototyping, lots of levels of approvals, no IC driven projects, all top-down, etc.). Think less like HP or CA (where most of leadership comes from), and more like Facebook or Google (well, I guess nobody comes from these companies to SW). It's all about the IPO and make money of it, then move on to another startup and do more of the same. Innovation is not your forte.
SolarWinds 2018-06-25 20:27 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Join SolarWinds sweatshop at your own peril"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SolarWinds full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Not everyone is horrible. There are some truly good people that work there. There is a chance you may be able to hit quota if you run yourself ragged. Great place to get your foot in the door if you don't have any tech experience. They will pretty much take anyone.
Cons
Not a good company! The CEO makes it very clear, their only concern is how to make the most profit. The software it no longer the top of the time. The sales team is put under a microscope. Your day consists of keeping up with hourly metric reports, harassing the same customers over and over again, and fabricating forecasts. Every Friday is a desperate search to close deals. Less then 50% of people actually hit quota. If you ever want to feel like a used care salesman of software this is the place for you!
SolarWinds 2018-06-21 13:03 PDT![SolarWinds Logo]()
"Tech support rep"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at SolarWinds full-time
Pros
always learning, improving my value always. Highly visible. 99% customer facing.
Cons
high growth. Work 100% time on job, very task orientated. Health Care is weak.
Advice to Management
continue to implement team strategy for faster solutions.
SolarWinds 2018-06-03 14:17 PDTHelpful (18)
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"Good, Unless You Want a Family"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at SolarWinds full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good and stable place to work. As far as "benefits and perks", it's great -- if you're single, like BBQ, tacos, potato chips, cookies soda and the gym.
Cons
If you want a family and you're a woman, beware, you should look elsewhere. There is NO maternity leave. There is 2 weeks of "parental leave", which is paid, but that's it. Do they really expect a woman to return to work after 2 weeks after just having a baby? If not then, what are her options? Otherwise, you'll have to buy disability insurance and use your PTO.
Advice to Management
Support families and women. Having children is not a disability and should not require a woman to get, pay for and use disability insurance. If there was any value here for working mothers, there would be maternity leave. The industry standard is at least 12 weeks, with many local companies offering 20. To offer only 2 weeks is embarrassing, shameful and a true insult to working mothers.
SolarWinds 2018-04-24 11:28 PDT
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