Arista Networks

1. The work culture is okay. The engineers around are average+ (slightly better than being mediocre).
2. Salary is just competitive. Not great, but not bad.
3. Depending on teams, you have a plethora of work and can get opportunities to learn many aspects of software engineering.

1. There is no progress after you join. You feel like you are stuck, and they are so absorbed with their egos that they don't care at all. When I say stuck, it could be for years and years.

2. They have the worst evaluation process. It's very confusing and completely non-transparent.

3. Very process-oriented organization. They have a stupid obsession which they call "The Arista Way." All roadblocks in attempting anything good are in the name of processes and releases. That is why I say, a mediocre organization. Not bad, but avoid if you are looking for some great work.

"The Arista Way" is a stupid obsession. There can never be one certain way which applies to any organization forever and in every scenario.

Reduce processes around the engineering. Focus on real engineering tasks (goals) rather than just maintaining and cashing in on the good things done in the past.

Need more transparency within engineering in general and absolutely in your evaluation processes.

The evaluation process is a mess and completely dysfunctional. Fix it.