F5

Work-life balance is great. Colleagues are generally great. Amenities at the office are okay. There's a nice benefit for buying gadgets. Health care, pension contributions, etc., are good enough. Line management generally does a good job.

• Irish office remains a satellite office, decision-making centralized in the States.
• Has had two major layoff rounds in a single year, moving towards becoming a "regular layoff" company.
• Economic outlook is not great.
• Who gets laid off is decided based on politics, not on performance.
• Career growth potential is severely limited, especially outside the US.
• Belief in the C-suite is probably at an all-time low company-wide.

Go back to the roots of F5, where you didn't have to fear layoffs every quarter. The rampant fear for your job distracts many otherwise top performers from doing their job.