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Q&A With F5, Inc. Employees
With strong leadership, passionate team members, and a culture that encourages innovation and patent submission, F5 offers growth at every stage of your career.
How employees describe working at F5, Inc.
Its ok. Still evaluating it.
Posted 5 days ago
I would not recommend working here, especially for women. Most degrading culture I’ve worked in, as a woma
I strongly believe employer branding
Consistency with their product and service.
their addapatability when we request for newer intehrations
What it's like to work at F5, Inc.
- F5, Inc. employees generally work 8.7 hrs a day
- Employees at F5, Inc. report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at F5, Inc. have 2 meetings
- 87% of F5, Inc. employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- F5, Inc. employees most often take 15-20 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 91% of F5, Inc. employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- F5, Inc. employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
- 79% of F5, Inc. employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With F5, Inc. Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 42
How's the work life balance at F5, Inc.?
A lot of long days. Gets to be a little much most of the time. Still a rat race culture.
Good work-life balance. Work from home is allowed
Slackers love it and hard workers never get acknowledged.
What part of F5, Inc.'s business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
Pivot to the cloud is poorly executed. Way behind.
Cloud fastest security stuck in reverse and headed for a cliff
Fastest: Cloud & Security Difficulties: Catching the wave on IoT just like every one else
What do people at F5, Inc. think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
Good decisions. Good vision.
He only cares about diversity
He is results driven. Laser focused. I want to hear solutions & map out how you will get there. Very solid CEO.
What are your coworkers at F5, Inc. like?
Good front line workers. Horrible upper management
Great!
Collaborative, smart and great to work with.
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at F5, Inc.?
Top Employee Response
Better documentation on how things work so newer engineers can feel safe to make changes Better Unit test coverage
Allow people with experience to join the club
Can you change the Seattle freeze culture? It's everywhere in Seattle no matter which company you're with. Maybe with more transplants like myself it will warm them up? =)
What interview questions does F5, Inc. ask?
Top Employee Response
As a network software engineer, I was asked about the low level details of how TCP worked both at the protocol level on the internet, and in the host stack.
Nothing challenging
It varies by groups but consistent for that org
What is the dress code at F5, Inc.?
Top Employee Response
Work from home, so you can wear almost anything.
Semi-formal, casual
What are you most excited about working at F5, Inc.?
5Pm
people, technology, culture
What's the interview process like at F5, Inc.?
improved a lot. more streamlined.
Usually a loop of about 5-6 team members - depending on the role, technical questions, team work and culture, problem solving...
How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?
I'm the only one. It's kind of stifling sometimes.
We have two women, out of 7 engineers. We have a pretty diverse team, with people from many different countries. It's great to have so many different types of people.
What perk or benefit should F5, Inc. have?
Work from home
Is it possible to switch teams at F5, Inc.? If so, what is the process?
Yes. DIY... management won’t help
What is the onboarding process like at F5, Inc. and how long does it last?
Tough. No daily activity/systems training.
What makes you the most proud about working at F5, Inc.?
High profile company in srattle
How are the vision insurance options at F5, Inc.?
Great! $300 per year
How are the dental insurance options at F5, Inc.?
Reported by my own dentist... one of the best plans seen.
What is the best perk or benefit that F5, Inc. offers?
401k and restricted stock units.
What are the most important soft skills I need to be successful at F5, Inc.?
Playing politics at an expert level.
What kind of interview questions do they ask when hiring someone in the Sales department at F5, Inc.?
Planning your territory- prospecting ability.
What's the internship program like at F5, Inc.?
No direction. Over payed and underutilized. Some college student will like the unsupervised “work” for incredible pay($52k per year equivalent) but you won’t learn anything practical.
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at F5, Inc.?
Very good. Good feedback and the process ran smoothly.
How do I do well in an interview at F5, Inc.?
Know the OSI model, especially layers 4-7.
How long do the interviews usually take at F5, Inc.?
4-6 weeks
How secure do you feel at your job at F5, Inc.?
I used to feel very secure. Then comes two slightly slow quarters and somehow we went from too much work to needing to layoff people. Good quarter now - bet that will stop until the next time we don't do so well
What's the office vibe like at F5, Inc.?
Laid back - collaborative - friendly
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Should I work at F5, Inc.?
47% of F5, Inc. employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 25% are neutral and 28% would not recommend working at F5, Inc. to their friends.
| 47% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 25% | Passive |
| 28% | Detractors |
