Patterns look strange. It almost feels like the “biggest risks” for employees are: • Being a woman • Turning 40+ • Taking maternity leave • Dealing with serious illness If that’s what our “business-driven decisions” end up looking like… is this... — read more 

After working unpaid evenings and even some weekends during years, on 8/12 François Locoh-Donou & Company fired pregnant women, women who just had a baby, people who just had major surgery, people on temporary work visas, and employees that recently... — read more 

I'm looking at the open job positions on f5's website and the majority of them are dev positions that were laid off, but now are being hired in India. Why are we continuining to outsource to a place that churns out substandard code and business... — read more 

Looks like to me senior manager and below took all of the blunt of it...

I’ve come to expect nothing but being laid off. I’m just going through the motions at work and can’t find the motivation to put in any real effort. As someone who prefers to be invested and do the job properly, because that’s one of the few... — read more 

FLD makes $12,000,000 a year. Imagine how many peoples' jobs he could save if he went to just $1,000,000 a year? That would be a Human First act. His layoff actions speak way louder then his hollow words.

I’ve been here over a decade and I still feel completely expendable. Loyalty doesn’t seem to matter at all. Even people nearing retirement aren’t shielded from cuts. Everyone should at least have an eye on other opportunities. Things can change... — read more 

There are some people not doing so well since being laid off. Seriously not doing well. Please seek help. Feeling anxious and depressed, having trouble sleeping, not being able to enjoy activities that you are used to enjoying are all normal... — read more 

Anybody have the inside scoopetypoop?

They’re on here playing on your experiences and gaslighting so FLD can keep selling $XX million of whatever stock and direct f5 to an oblivion of fake setting the bar shenanigans. Get out. Just leave. Then go tell your story on LinkedIn even if under... — read more 

What sellable products has F5 developed internally/organically in the last 10 years?

do you?

I read posts on LinkedIn from people who were with the company for 12, 18 and even 25 years who were laid off in this Aug 2025 RIF. Imagine working for a company for 25 years and then being cast aside like nothing with a sh---y pre-recorded 5 min... — read more 

Has F5 targeted females who just came back from their maternity leaves in the past year in this layoff ? I heard atleast 3 such incidences.

If you were part of the layoff, you received 8 weeks of severance, unless you worked at F5 for 13 years or more. Eight weeks. For up to twelve years service. For a company that has had multiple back-to-back record setting quarters. You're welcome, I... — read more 

Woke up to hearing our teams abroad got cut massively, then 20 minutes later got put into a call with over 100 people in the US (pre-recorded...) where we all got laid off. Seemed like the whole Next team and maybe some collateral? A prerecorded... — read more 

https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employee-notifications/worker-adjustment-and-retraining-notification-warn-layoff-and-closure-database

F5 Networks, a multicloud application services and security company, has conducted layoffs in the past, including a significant round in early 2023 that impacted 620 employees (9% of their workforce). While there's no indication of current layoffs on... — read more 

In about 2 hours from now..... the employees in India that survived this RIF will likely be starting their workday. Those that did not will be wondering what just happened....... Going across the various time zones as the sun rises, there will... — read more 

Just got laid off this morning with no warning, completely shut out of all systems. I was at an oncologist appointment when the termination meeting started. Myself and my team also training a new team outside of the US on how to do our job the last 2... — read more 

Looks like some layoffs are going on, so far in India, but not only.

This place is fun and no longer used for its intended purpose. Just a cr-p talk area for us to hide in. I like to come say something nice about f5 then turn around and post something salty. Y’all so serious!

Agile? It's a manual process that is way past its prime that is easily replaced with the new Aigile. You best get onboard with Aigile speak else your time at F5 is history.

Does anyone feel like the metrics of evaluation are getting more intense at F5? What's going on? Does this signal anything to be worried about?

is this how f5 rewards hard work now? being demoted from a SVP to VP because bigip next didnt work out [because of a former bigip gm] hardly seems fair. how demoralizing

Does anybody know if there are any layoffs planned for next week? Should I be worried?

Artificially boosted stock prices and majority Indian workforce in key positions (managers, VPs, consultants, engineers) and culling of American pioneers and potential leakage/breach of EU/US data via Indian gateways and rushed onboarding of... — read more 

Xx/Volterra, so cool r8ght?

do you?

You are nothing more than a row on a spreadsheet. That is your value.

.....largely funded by both RIFs of 2023. Any technology advances on the order of what Bell Labs did back in the 1970s/1980s? Any published papers? Have they solved the circular reasoning issues that plague AI? Have they finally abandoned... — read more 

I caught myself envying the barista at Starbucks yesterday. No KPIs, no passive-aggressive Slack threads, just making coffee and going home. This job has me romanticizing minimum wage, and that’s probably a sign I need to eject.

Not sure if this is true or not, but looks like a soft RIF, where multiple folks across org. let to go but no news about RIFs

Yep…

On the executive Q&A meeting today, it was stated that we are "doubling down" on DEI initiatives within the company, and I heard a rumor that we're going to begin a DEI program in our India offices. Is this true? I'm really looking forward to f5... — read more 

It’s wild how some folks stick around for years without knowing what they’re doing. They dodge every layoff, too. In a normal place, they’d have been gone ages ago, but here they coast along just fine. Says a lot about how things really work. Maybe... — read more 

I want to leave, badly. I don’t want to wait to be laid off. I don’t care about severance. I just want to be done with this place. I’ve been searching for months, and I’ve reached the point of pure desperation. I’ve sent out hundreds of resumes and... — read more