Equinix reviews

The management team is a nightmare. Leadership is asleep at the wheel, doesn't weed out problem managers, lets bad behavior fester. VPs are running functions with no experience in the kind of marketing they do. Bean counters and introverts don't inspire creativity and passion. Most managers are also totally uninterested in the well being of the people who report to them, are more worried about politics and their own best interests. If things get bad, managers will throw you under the bus to save their own necks. I've seen some really incompetent managers keep their job year after year and good, experienced people marginalized if they aren't spending time stroking the right egos. No one can get ahead if they are below director level. Do not come to Equinix if you are good and want to advance in your career, as you will never get promoted. If you are less competent and good at politics, know someone on the inside, and willing to brown nose every day then you might end up in a great job that you are not qualified for, and you will have job security for life. I know very few people who are truly happy in their job in marketing, which is a shame, since most of us deserve better.

Don’t buy into the hype the culture at Equinix is absolutely toxic. They love talking about “The Magic of Equinix” -company’s cultural tag line. If you find poor team communication, having your work and ideas stolen by your co-workers, lack of any career development “magical” this is the place for you. They love trying to position themselves as a technology company with-in the Valley, which is comical because they are a REIT and haven’t actually built anything. – Performance Hub and IOA marketing hype are not products. Arrogance and passive aggressive behavior rules the roost. Favoritism runs wild with key opportunities for career and skill growth doled out to the same individuals in key locations over an over again. Tons of job overlap with some teams primary job seems to be justifying their roles by piggybacking on others achievements. Very much a look at me culture with little regard for hard work and tangible results. Talk about yourself long enough and it must be true. Hybrid cloud has ushered in a golden age of colocation and Equinix is reaping the rewards right now, but it wont last. AWS, MS Azure, and Google are going to start taking a serious bite out of the colocation business in the next few years as companies move away from IaaS and into PaaS/SaaS and consuming services via the internet. As SD-WAN providers such as Megaport IIX console continue to mature their services Equinix traditional IX business will further erode customers will see little value in paying premium prices for colocation.