Pros
There are a lot of great people who work there. They offer freebies such as a catered lunches, snacks, sodas, and quarterly birthday celebrations, meaning free cupcakes. There is access to a gym onsite.
Cons
Where to begin? If you are looking for career growth and development, this is not the place for you. There are a lucky few who have been promoted, but it is few and far-between. Some managers have to go around their supervisors and work solely with HR to get their people promoted. Others are happy to lay off their team members without a second thought. Trying to get training to improve yourself for the betterment of the company is an uphill battle. I worked in Marketing where quantity over quality is key and campaigns need only be "good enough". The customers are inundated with emails, mixed branding messages, and there seems to be no end in sight. There is no work/life balance. The CEO said repeatedly once employees walk though the door their only thought should be how to grow SolarWinds. On an incredibly bad weather day, when schools were shut down, the CEO emailed the company to say the Austin office would still be open. If employees could not make it into the office, they needed to talk to their managers to make sure they had 8 hours of work to do at home. If they didn't have 8 hours, the CEO said they needed to take vacation time