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Excellent learnings, great business outlook but management needs improvement

Software Test Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Arista Networks for 4 years
May 18, 2025
Bengaluru
4.0
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Pros
  • Good pay (might not be the best in the industry but still better than bellwether competitors).
  • Great learnings on multiple technological fronts.
  • Good exposure to customer network deployments.
  • Good scope to broaden your skill set by participating in Virtual Tech Teams.
  • Peer review feedback system and flat hierarchy.
  • Extremely helpful peers and excellent work culture. More or less works in a startup mode.
Cons
  • No yearly increments. You'll get your salary increment when you cross your review level. It may take 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, there is no fixed timeline to it.
  • Your reviews/rankings are not disclosed to you, so you wouldn't know exactly at what ranking level you are in.
  • Constant push from managers to be loaded with tasks other than your primary assignment. Task juggling and constant context switching can become too hard at times.
  • No work-life balance. You'll spend a solid 12 hours working everyday stretching upto midnight, sometimes beyond. You are expected to do too many things on the side.
  • If you resign, you are an enemy of the state, you'll be pushed out within a couple of days, a week at best. You'll have a tough time guessing whether you left on your own accord or you just got fired :)
  • In India, the RSUs are pretty less when compared to US peers though we are expected to perform on par with them.
Advice to Management
  • Pls reveal the review levels to the employees, it gives a fair idea on where they stand.
  • When employee resigns, please give them a dignified exit.
  • Please consider issuing more RSUs instead of just refreshing them once in four years when the previous lot lapses.
  • Yearly salary increments are required to keep everyone motivated (and keep up with the inflation rate). Please consider the same.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
3.0

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