Is F5 a good company to work for?

F5 has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,183 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at F5 to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about F5 have been left by employees working as Software Engineer III , Director and Account Manager .

Does F5 pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, F5 employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at F5. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at F5?

73% of F5 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated F5 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at F5?

Software Engineer (148) , Senior Software Engineer (104) , Principal Software Engineer (39) , Software Engineer II (39) , Network Support Engineer (34) , Software Engineer III (33) , Manager (23) , Director (21) , Account Manager (20) , Engineer (18) , Sales (17) , Solutions Engineer (17) , Consultant (16) , Intern (15) , Product Manager (13)

What are the pros of working at F5 according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good but at at per market rate" ((in 235 reviews)); "The culture is great at identifying (really and honestly) what the sticking points are." ((in 218 reviews)); "Lots of interesting technical challenges and quite a good work life balance." ((in 194 reviews)); "The people are great and are happy with what they do." ((in 186 reviews)); "Good salary and team mates." ((in 79 reviews))

What are the cons of working at F5 according to real employee reviews?

"bad management ." ((in 73 reviews)); "1. Frequent layoffs" ((in 52 reviews)); "Make sure externally hired managers do not degrade the culture and qualities outlined in Pros." ((in 40 reviews)); "Very political upper management." ((in 20 reviews)); "There was no career growth" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about F5 layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about F5 layoffs and their outlook for job security at F5 in 2026.

What are the top reviewed F5 locations?

Seattle , San Jose , Spokane , Liberty Lake , Boston , Lowell , New York , Boulder , Dallas , San Francisco , Chicago , West Seattle , Salt Lake City , Washington , Los Angeles , Denver , Phoenix , Houston , Renton , Atlanta , Phila , Arlington Heights , Norfolk , Reston , Saint Louis , Green Bay , Louisville , Sanford , Austin , Plano

F5 reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,975 total reviews)

Francois Locoh-Donou

79% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

F5 has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,975 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The F5 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Jun 2, 2025

Great place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Work life balance here

Cons

Nothing as such that I think of

4.0

May 29, 2025

a little above average company

Software development engineer (sde) ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

culture is good, hybrid is allowed, decent salary

Cons

being from IIT and comparing with other friends, not too happy with what they're paying and they're already paying me to the upper limit of what they can afford for sde2, the only reason of my promotion to sde2 was also because I joined this at ~70% of my previous salary. joined it solely for the culture and wanted to have some good time. just to give an idea, my previous company salary was 26 fixed, and f5 started with ~23(17fixed and ~6 stocks/other benefits) and even after promotion with 30%, they're giving ~30(21 fixed and ~10 stocks/other). kinda like even after 3 year of experience, my total pay growth ~10%

1.0

May 28, 2025

Work culture review

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good. Salary as per market standard

Cons

Worst leadership. Hire and Fire company. Unrealistic timelines. Leadership/Management expects software developers to work more then 70 hours a week.

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