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Principal Test Engineer

Principal Test Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at F5 for 20 years
September 4, 2018
Lowell, Massachusetts
4.0
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Pros

Great pay, very good at adopting new technology.

Cons

Most experience and talent is concentrated in the satellite sites. The talent in the Seattle/Bellevue area is diluted by other, local High-Tech companies. Additionally, there is a people-pleasing culture in Washington that is easily misread by no-nonsense New Englanders, making East Coast to West Coast relationships tricky.

Advice to Management

I think Zone to Win is a fine book to follow, but I don't think it's wise to lay off so many of your best and brightest at once, then hire a lot of inexperienced people to replace them. Quality will suffer, unfortunately.

I suggest looking to your satellite sites for leadership from now on.

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