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 (54) , 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?

"Great people willing to work hard and go the extra mile" ((in 79 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 63 reviews)); "Public company with good pay" ((in 46 reviews)); "Good culture and people." ((in 35 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 42 reviews)); "Managers do not recognize hard work for employees that have been working there for a long time." ((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

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(885 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 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 885 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

885 reviews

4.0

Oct 17, 2008

Brocade is under the radar, but not a bad place to work

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well run organization. Support structure is better than most so it isn't too hard to get things done.

Cons

Not a very "fun" environment. Seen as a boring part of the tech industry. Past stock scandal still casts a shadow even thought the company is now VERY careful to do everything the right way.

3.0

Oct 3, 2008

Communications to employees should be improved and ways to better retain individual contributors are a must.

Manager outside of hq

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The technology we develop to help our customers meet their goals and objectives are top notch and just work. The go to market strategy has proven to be very effective over the years although it can also hurt the organization when the company leadership attempts to apply industry standard (which are generally different goto market strategies i.e non-OEM model) compensation , sales coverage, and services and support strategies to this model. Summary - good products and talented people.

Cons

Not much room for career advancement outside HQ's location. Many management positions (especially field related) have been held by the same individuals for years and the turn over of very talented individual contributors to the competition are hurting technology development and market/sales growth. The creation of business units only creates more management layers, political jockeying by managers, and threatens customer focus. The past/recent acquisitions excites current managers because they get to manage more employees/advance their career w/ new titles, but creates headaches for the individual contributor that has to complete the tough work to merge systems/policies, communicate to customers, and navigate through the internal politics of business units to try and fend off the competition - this threatons the loss of talented people.

2.0

Sep 29, 2008

Probably improved since bought by Brocade

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible working conditions and friendly people, maybe too friendly

Cons

executive leadership couldn't make decisions that stuck, no financial leadership through controls, laise faire leadership style

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Brocade is under the radar, but not a bad place to work

Communications to employees should be improved and ways to better retain individual contributors are a must.

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