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 (56) , 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 78 reviews)); "workers; a stable company with excellent market share and outlook; competent executive management; good work/life balance." ((in 65 reviews)); "Benefits are good and reasonably priced." ((in 58 reviews)); "Good pay and lot of oppurtunities to learn" ((in 44 reviews)); "Good culture and people." ((in 36 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 44 reviews)); "Managers do not recognize hard work for employees that have been working there for a long time." ((in 13 reviews)); "You wouldn have room to breathe when there is much work ( generally just before the release times)." ((in 9 reviews)); "limited career growth" ((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

(887 total reviews)

Lloyd Carney

48% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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Brocade has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 887 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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887 reviews

5.0

Sep 22, 2009

Great place to work, outstanding co-workers and senior management

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great co-workers, product excellence, viable challenge to larger competitors in the industry. Leadership solicits and listens to employee feedback.

Cons

Large company, with large company policies and procedures.

3.0

Aug 28, 2009

Worked in the recruiting dept.

Coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced. Fun people. Real sense of famiy

Cons

No room for growth NONE

2.0

Jun 16, 2009

QA is a pretty disorganized place

Qa engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tools automation group is good Lab is well thought out Bug tracking and source control systems are very good tools.

Cons

Management appears to not know how to organize their groups Management doesn't appear to do a good job hiring ... management Bonuses are given out more-or-less arbitrarily

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