Q&A With Arista Networks Employees
Our culture is one that is founded on key values that resonate across all employees in the organization. As professionals, colleagues, friends and peers, Arista is all about respect, integrity, innovation, passion, pride and trust.
How employees describe working at Arista Networks
Being able to solve a problem and learn something about the systems
Review from Engineering Dept
Avoid the hard/tough questions for the company next step. We are still like a startup company
Review from Product Dept
Right mix of cash and stock incentives.
Review from Customer Success Dept
My management from Jerry Lacson, Roddy May, Todd Scarpa, Rich Whitney all have been the best at helping me to be successful and drive new business for the company and I appreciate, enjoy learning and working with them daily.
Review from Sales Dept
I find the work atmosphere is encouraging and helpful
Review from Engineering Dept
What it's like to work at Arista Networks
- Arista Networks employees generally work 8.9 hrs a day
- Employees at Arista Networks report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Arista Networks have 0 meetings
- 96% of Arista Networks employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Arista Networks employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
- 90% of Arista Networks employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Arista Networks employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 97% of Arista Networks employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Arista Networks Employees
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What benefits does Arista Networks provide?
Top Employee Response
Usual Dental / Medical /Vision 401K the usual stuff
3 diff health plans from United, the Dental plan from Delta and Vision with VSP. For a family of 3, I pay 145 per paycheck
Aside from the usual financial benefits, Arista Engineering offers respect, a collaborative environment, and support for the work - life balance you require.
What's the interview process like at Arista Networks?
Top Employee Response
Rigorous and highly technical. We like to understand what you know and how you know it.
The interviews are technical and designed to make you think on your feet. We want to understand what you know and what you don't know. If you don't know, tells us how you'd approach the problem.
How do the current devs on the team act towards new developers that join?
Top Employee Response
People are generally given time to learn the ropes. Everyone new person gets assigned a mentor who handles all the questions. Pretty cool IMHO..
complete openness
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Arista Networks?
Top Employee Response
Less managing as if everything is a crisis.
What's the office vibe like at Arista Networks?
Top Employee Response
Like playing a hockey game; be able to think on your feet and coordinate with the rest of the team.
What are your coworkers at Arista Networks like?
Top Employee Response
Very smart, experienced characters.
What's the company culture like at Arista Networks?
Pretty Awesome. Get stuff done 'right'. No shortcuts.
How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?
Top Employee Response
11 women maybe diverse enough, maybe not
what's your workflow? agile? waterfall?
Top Employee Response
iterative waterfall (it's hardware after all)
How is it to work as Advanced Service Engineer at Arista and internal growth options ?
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in Engineering?
Arista Networks' Engineering team rates their overall benefits a B and most of them think the perks are Good. 80% of Arista Networks employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How's career growth and advancement at Arista Networks?
56% of the same employees also feel like Arista Networks is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Arista Networks.
How are the managers in the Engineering department at Arista Networks?
Arista Networks' Engineering team rates their manager an A+ or 84/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (67%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Arista Networks?
Arista Networks employees rates their pay and overall compensation an A or 82/100. 77% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 30% of employees get raises every year.
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in Sales?
82% of Arista Networks employees in Sales say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Sales also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in Legal?
100% of Arista Networks employees in Legal say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Legal also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in IT?
84% of Arista Networks employees in IT say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in IT also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in HR?
100% of Arista Networks employees in HR say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in HR also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in Design?
100% of Arista Networks employees in Design say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Design also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How are the benefits at Arista Networks for employees in Product?
100% of Arista Networks employees in Product say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Product also get 15-20 days of paid vacation.



