The digital witch convert TS, the human first departament in a fu-k.. jungle , micromanagement everywhere, failed projects and remember stock $$ is not because of you ! Silent rifs are on going...

Was there small RIF today , heard that few folks were let go

HR leaders are confirming the new reality. F5 is trading years of expertise for these external "strategic" hires. Long-term employees across various departments are just being phased out with no announcement or acknowledgment of what they built... — read more 

“The machines are coming! We need security! We need quality!” Amazing, right? For years, engineers were just “resources,” completely interchangeable, no need to listen to them. Now, overnight, they’re supposed to save the company from the big scary... — read more 

New surveillance commissioner in board of directors? https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/f5-adds-anand-eswaran-board-201000022.html

I am an NGINX Dev and I'm worried about my friend that works in F5 Digital. I can confirm forced resigns are happening in US and India. Be careful joining F5 Digital Team. If you've doubts, confirm with your friends at F5.

F5 started adopting forced resignations instead of layoffs. Recently did let go 22 members and no one is talking about it. It's very hard to choose a person from your team.

Soon…..

I'm so ashamed I unknowingly participated in the lie. F5 CEO Compensation History 2025: 23.04 Million 2024: 18.,04 Million 2023: 11 Million 2022: 12.8 Million 2021: 11.5 Million

I just noticed that bunch of people left the chats, and they are not available any more. Was there any layoff recently? How many people were cut?

I heard that maybe some things at f5 are turning around but liking st the job postings i don’t see a difference or shift in direction No longer there but curious since this page got quiet since February.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/cisa-adds-cve-2025-53521-to-kev-after.html

I'm sure that I'm not the only one that got/is getting the letter that Navia was hacked. 3rd "we've gotten hacked" letter this year that I have received Wonder if they are using F5 products?

https://cdn.f5.com/product/bugtracker/ID2137653.html 2,137,365 reported bugs/flaws/errors/failures with F5 products. The Execs have to be proud of the milestone when they went over the 2 million mark. Bugs fixed - just a fraction.

They will now be called Hallucinations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg_(book)

it will pass

https://www.netrise.io/xiot-security-blog/when-the-secure-stack-isnt-so-secure-lessons-from-the-f5-incident I was an employee of F5 for a number of years. Development of F5 products (especially BIG IP NEXT) suffered from a number of significant... — read more 

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/lawsuit-claims-seattle-based-f5-overstated-cybersecurity-strength-before-revealing-major-breach/EVFK25KTSRDUXH5IXHL6JVZF3I/ I let my managers and directors know of the decline in quality for the last many years. And... — read more 

Sounds familiar? Starbucks did not lose $30 billion because of bad coffee. It lost it because the company mispriced what actually created its value. When Starbucks appointed a McKinsey-trained executive as CEO, the mandate was operational... — read more 

Looking back, it seems that fewer people were cut this year compared to recent ones. Yes, there were layoffs, but not as many as last and previous years. Curious if others are seeing the same thing.

Seems to me like they posted a bunch of engineer 3 and higher roles all for hyderabad/bangalore. Didn't we just lay off a bunch of those roles in August from Seattle? What a coincidence! Careers page (engineering):... — read more 

does it mean layoff? if someone gets a ‘below expected impact’ rating, does taking FMLA or PTO offer any temporary protection, or could HR still move forward with actions while the person is on leave?”

until such time that the primary corporate emphasis of financial revenue quantity has changed to product quality.

Be cautious of what you take from this forum -- there is a bias. People paranoid, with a negative mindset, or disgruntled are more likely to be on here -- that should be obvious. Additionally anyone can post on here -- and if a Chinese group went... — read more 

Fresh off the all-hands meeting, where leadership proudly told us everything is “record-breaking, absolutely historic, folks”, the company rolled out a restructuring plan so wild it should come with a safety label. They’re desperately trying to fix... — read more 

As f5 continues to sink we can turn this around. Go back to hiring people not on how they look but on what skills and vision they bring to the table. How John McAdam did it.

do you

So here’s the story, folks. This company, a very smart company, didn’t care about security for years. Total disaster. Then bo-m! They get hacked. Suddenly, they “find” all this money for cybersecurity, like it was hiding under the CEO’s golf clubs... — read more 

The mystery meeting is happening this Thursday! Nobody knows what it’s about, but the calendar invite came with no agenda and an unusually cheerful emoji from HR, never a good omen. Rumor has it the CEO will kick things off with some lighthearted... — read more 

Are they happening or not?

On October 15, 2025, CISA issued Emergency Directive ED 26-01 (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-01-mitigate-vulnerabilities-f5-devices), marking an extraordinary federal response to the F5 breach. The directive's language is... — read more 

The actor dwell time inside their network is being quoted as 393 days. Let that sink in. Then consider this is being attributed to APT27 (China). I’m working from a position that they have everything (EVERYTHING) and are potentially still inside the... — read more 

Nothing else matters

F5 is poised for recovery as it doubles down on the technologies that power and protect today’s digital world. With businesses rapidly adopting hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, F5’s expertise in application delivery, security, and traffic... — read more