Extreme Networks reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,084 total reviews)
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Ed Meyercord

77% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Extreme Networks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,084 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Extreme Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Apr 16, 2015

Awesome organization to work for!

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Pros

-Decent pay -Helpful senior management -Plenty of outdoor activities with team. -Friendly colleagues.

Cons

-Career growth is limited in this organization.

1.0
Apr 14, 2015

Worst mistake I've every made ....

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Pros

Smaller, more agile company that should be able to take a leadership role in an industry that is undergoing huge transitions.

Cons

Total inability to make decisions. Tries to do everything and accomplishes nothing. No sense of urgency. No forward action. Always looking to the past and protecting what it has with no regard to build market share or growing the customer base. Hopeless and inept management. IT organization is a nearly totally dysfunctional organization. Internal networks are down more often than not. Support infrastructure rarely works. Tools are hopelessly outdated and lack investment. To top that off, there's the ABSOLUTELY FATAL MERGER/ACQUISITION DECISION TO BY ENTERASYS. In the world of acquisitions, the 3 most important factors are culture, culture, culture and in that regard the two companies were absolutely and almost violently on different sides on every, I mean EVERY, matter big and small. I can think of NOTHING the two did the same. Finally there's trust. Everyone, and I mean everyone, that I know that joined the company in the last couple of years were flat out lied to about what we'd be able to earn work for the company and as a result employee reaction ranges from rage to shock when the first couple of quarters go by and you look at your options and no hope of bonuses and no management decisions/direction that could possibly lead to such. In the end, its just a huge cut in pay that most can't afford and so the panic, rage and anger sinks in. Everyone is looking for a way out.

2.0
Mar 11, 2015
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Pros

I guess the campus in RDU and San Jose are cool. They feed office employees on Wednesdays and generally have a nice work environment. It's to bad the management and work sucks so much

Cons

Over management is a huge problem. In my position I have 7 bosses who often contradict each other. They're also big on wasting time. The ISR team has weekly calls that don't amount to anything. The field only has a small grasp on what is happening with their customers and that information only barely gets passed onto the Inside team. There's a big power struggle going on right now between the old Extreme and old Enterasys folks to see who gets to run the show. With Jeff White coming in and bringing a bunch of his Cisco buddies with him it looks like it's just going to be a Cisco 2.0 if the upgrade were smaller and didn't adequeatly know how to sell things. As an ISR you also won't actually be selling anything. You'll be more of a glorified secretary for the overworked field. Your comp plan is also tied to the field sales so basically you're getting paid (very little) commission from a quota you don't have any control over.

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