Does Brocade pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Brocade employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Brocade. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Brocade?

64% of Brocade employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Brocade 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Brocade?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (26) , Staff Software Engineer (25) , Systems Engineer (15) , Senior Systems Engineer (13) , Software Test Engineer (11) , Technical Support Engineer (11) , ASIC Engineer (10) , Director (10) , Manager (10) , Senior Manager (9) , Financial Analyst (6) , Project Manager (6) , Sales Engineer (6) , Software Engineer II (6)

What are the pros of working at Brocade according to real employee reviews?

"Very smart people and great to work with" ((in 78 reviews)); "workers; a stable company with excellent market share and outlook; competent executive management; good work/life balance." ((in 68 reviews)); "Benefits are good and reasonably priced." ((in 58 reviews)); "Good pay and lot of oppurtunities to learn" ((in 45 reviews)); "Good culture and people." ((in 39 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Brocade according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, weak and divisive, rarely in the office, untruthful and a liar at that." ((in 43 reviews)); "4. Manager does not know how to run a project" ((in 14 reviews)); "Limited Career Growth" ((in 10 reviews)); "You wouldn have room to breathe when there is much work ( generally just before the release times)." ((in 9 reviews)); "Senior management wasn't sufficiently nimble." ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Brocade layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Brocade layoffs and their outlook for job security at Brocade in 2026.

Brocade reviews

3.1

64% would recommend to a friend

(886 total reviews)

Lloyd Carney

48% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Brocade has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 886 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brocade employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

886 reviews

3.0

Jul 16, 2014

Good pay, Good benefits with a stable company

Software test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and pay. Brocade pays a little above average and the benefits are very good with an additional 40 hours available for volunteer time in the community. There is a gym available onsite. Very good working relationship with development. Brocade hasn't missed a bonus as long as I have been here but that is not a given. there is decent work-life balance.

Cons

Career dead end. Most people have been here (Broomfield Campus anyway) for many, many years in their respective roles which is a double edged sword in the sense that people are happy here but there is no movement. Managers don't seem to have the time or interest to foster career plans for team members. Other than the bi-annual performance review I have had to initiate all manager one-on-one conversations about career growth.

2.0

Jul 16, 2014

Big goals but weak leadership

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Corporate headquarters facility is very nice and modern 2. Salary is mostly competitive 3. Decent work-life balance, for those who want it 4. Most of the individual contributor employees are very nice

Cons

1. Leaders have big goals but have made little progress moving into and through the changes which they espouse 2. Their go-to-market (sales and marketing) execution is weak and flawed, mostly characterized by adding new senior leaders but without needed organizational changes and culture improvements 3. Huge emphasis on frugality and purchasing slows people from being able to do activities that enable the market gains needed to execute on the vision - many employees believe this is because the company is actually being set up to be acquired 4. Leadership team is mostly comprised of people from smaller companies with no industry reputation - therefore they are not very influential and lack the ability to "change the industry" (their claimed goal)

2.0

Jul 12, 2014

Seems like the new management is no longer interested in building the company

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brocade used to be a good place to work as an engineer, but it is no longer.

Cons

The management cannot execute in hyper competitive and commoditizing IP networking business.

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