Average place to work Overshadowed by Severe Staffing Cuts & Layoffs - IT Service Desk Technician Veeam Software Employee Review

1.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

- Friendly teammates that are willing to help

Cons

Where to begin? - Since starting at Veeam, the internal IT Support team has been cut to a THIRD of it's original size. From an original team of 10+ people, only 3 of the core team remain. Three USA members are left to support over 2,000+ USA employees and try to solve the flood of tickets that arrive in the ServiceDesk queue. - These last layoffs which I was a part of, 1 desktop support engineer, 1 support manager and myself were laid off. - My role was replaced by TWO other service desk analysts in Costa Rica that are getting paid pennies. Both of them combined make less than the salary I had. - Veeam is trying to cut costs anywhere they can, all while making record profits - Technology leadership doesn't listen to input from lower level management on pain points or suggestions on how to improve work-flow or help out the internal IT team - US-based IT employees never received any promotions. All employee promotions from the global IT team happened in Prague / Bucharest offices. - Absolutely no room for career advancement. Managers don't support growth. They silo you into a specific role and work you like a horse.

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Veeam Software Response
2d
Thank you for sharing your experience. We're sorry your time at Veeam ended on a difficult note. We hear your concerns about team resourcing, career development, and how decisions are communicated. Ensuring our people feel heard and have real opportunities to grow is something we care about, and feedback about leadership responsiveness is noted. We wish you all the best in what comes next.

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Cons

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Veeam Software Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this in such detail. We can hear how difficult your experience was, and we're sorry your time at Veeam ended this way - especially after 5 years of commitment. Concerns about pay consistency, workload, and how feedback is received internally are ones we take to heart. Pay equity and fair compensation are areas we continue to review, and ensuring that employees feel safe raising concerns, through any channel, is something leadership is accountable for. We're sorry if that wasn't the reality you experienced. We also understand that decisions around team structure and location can feel unsettling, particularly when they affect people who helped build this company. Those decisions are never made lightly, and we recognize they have a real impact on individuals and teams. We wish you well in the next chapter, and we hope the things you've raised continue to be heard internally.
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