Pros: Stock plan every quarter of the year.

Cons: Average salaries across the market

Pros: More than 40% market share.

Cons: Ship, ship, ship mentality with crucial quality decisions made by non-technical managers. Their goal is to just keep their superiors happy and only manage up. Such choices are driven by senior leadership (VP level), which is willing to cut any corners to just "win" over other peers in Seattle. Culture at this place has gone down substantially. Most new hires are from "surrounding" big companies (think networking behemoth), where they can find management that stays quiet and is totally non-ambitious. Morale is very low. Manager quality is completely dismal. A lot of people have left because they were wronged and did not align with bad decisions. It doesn't matter how long you work here; you cannot build a career at this place. Instead, go work for another big company that pays better.

Pros: F5 bases its success on teamwork, even with "competitor" companies. This is also reflected at the employee level. I have never had so much confidence, knowing that I can trust my teammates and other experienced people from other teams. You will always get help from others. F5 does amazing work, "secretly" supporting things that millions of people worldwide use, from mobile carriers to banks, government agencies, etc. You feel the impact and the challenge, and that helps you respond with a commitment to excellence. Very competitive salary, great benefits that challenge the huge multi-nationals. Plus, again, the culture is something that makes your day worth being in the office. The atmosphere where everybody understands we are in the same ship and we need to sail it together.

Cons: The company is growing really fast, and sometimes you get the feeling the company is not ready for it. However, it still feels like a start-up company that is learning and available to change in order to improve.