Riverbed Technology

Item: Riverbed Technology
Rating: 2.9
Author: Anonymous

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Competitive Salaries

OTE at Riverbed Technology is highly competitive for several roles compared to industry peers. View salaries

Performance Category Ratings

See how employees rated Riverbed Technology in RepVue’s key performance categories.

Category Score

Industry Percentile

Industry Rank

Culture and Leadership

2.5

19th%of Software orgs

# 2,103of 2,589 Software orgs

Base Compensation

3.5

39th%of Software orgs

# 1,585of 2,589 Software orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

3.1

36th%of Software orgs

# 1,667of 2,589 Software orgs

Product - Market Fit

3.0

21st%of Software orgs

# 2,066of 2,589 Software orgs

Professional Development and Training

2.9

52nd%of Software orgs

# 1,226of 2,589 Software orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

2.0

19th%of Software orgs

# 2,096of 2,589 Software orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

3.1

18th%of Software orgs

# 2,135of 2,589 Software orgs

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About Riverbed Technology

Greater San Francisco Area

Riverbed is the only company with the collective richness of telemetry from network to app to end user, that illuminates and then accelerates every interaction, so organizations can...More

Percent that Attain Quota?

of team members typically hit their quota

Software Industry Average

41%

Global Average

43%

Quota Attainment at Riverbed Technology

Salaries

Job Role

Median Base Pay

Median OTE

Top Performer

Sales ManagerSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$200k

OTE$350k

Top Performers$920k

Sales EngineerSalary data from 4 ratings

Base Pay$150k

OTE$220k

Top Performers$1m

SLED Account ExecutiveSalary data from 3 ratings

Salaries at Riverbed Technology

Reviews

Former Employee

2.4

Apr 26, 2025

I only hit 100% quota once in five years! The rest of the years were anywhere from a miserable 20% to 85% There are no decent spiffs, incentives for sales people to sell the solutions which are quite complex in nature and require deep understanding of the customers requirements

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Former Employee

4.0

Mar 11, 2025

Overall experience was great! let go as part of re-structuring.

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Reviews at Riverbed Technology

Employee Ratings

Total Employee Ratings

Total Ratings

Ratings Verified by RepVue

Verified Ratings

76%

Job Categories

Account Executive

59%

Leadership Roles

19%

Sales Engineer / Solution Consultant

Other

Channel Sales / Partnerships

SDR / BDR

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

57%

Ratings submitted by former employees

43%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Riverbed Technology has an overall employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 72.87. They are ranked #2042 out of all Software organizations.

Currently it is reported that 22.9% of the reps at Riverbed Technology are hitting quota.

Riverbed Technology has a rating of 2.5 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #4521 in this category out of 5583 companies.

Riverbed Technology has a rating of 3.0 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #2066 out of 2589 Software companies.