Is Cloudera a good company to work for?

Cloudera has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 1,401 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 81% of employees would recommend working at Cloudera to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cloudera have been left by employees working as Solutions Architect , Software Engineer and Account Executive .

Does Cloudera pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cloudera employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cloudera. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cloudera?

81% of Cloudera employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cloudera 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cloudera?

Software Engineer (129) , Senior Software Engineer (81) , Account Executive (39) , Customer Operations Engineer (39) , Staff Software Engineer (37) , Solutions Architect (29) , Sales (20) , Senior Customer Operations Engineer (19) , Solutions Engineer (18) , Software Engineer(Internship) (17) , Manager (13) , Enterprise Account Executive (11) , Sales Engineer (11) , Software Developer (10) , Staff Customer Operations Engineer (10)

What are the pros of working at Cloudera according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and enjoyable" ((in 124 reviews)); "A few key leaders are very invested in creating and keeping a great culture which gives hope for continued success in this area." ((in 123 reviews)); "The people are great and it has been a easy transition." ((in 104 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the projects are challenging." ((in 64 reviews)); "Salary is good and you will have unplug days" ((in 48 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cloudera according to real employee reviews?

"No vision and poor management" ((in 53 reviews)); "People applying here forget that employees leave bad managers." ((in 24 reviews)); "The one that stands out the most is upper management is incompetent." ((in 9 reviews)); "Always encouraged to take time off tho, but when on the clock, its definitely fast" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cloudera layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cloudera layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cloudera in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cloudera locations?

Palo Alto , Santa Clara , San Francisco , Austin , New York , Washington , San Jose , Los Angeles , Atlanta , Chicago , Raleigh , Dallas , Boston , Houston , Seattle , Baltimore , McLean , Jersey City , Cana , College Station , Plano , Texas City , Cincinnati , Dayton , California City , Culver City , Fremont , Pleasanton , Los Altos , Sunnyvale

Cloudera reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(1,273 total reviews)

Charles Sansbury

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Cloudera has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,273 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cloudera employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Mar 30, 2023

A great career opportunity

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

->Work-life balance ->Other than annual holidays, unplug days are days to recharge. ->Opportunity to work on open source ->Good Employee Benefits ->Great for freshers to start with ->Career as well as Personal Growth

Cons

No Cons, As far as my experience.

Cloudera Response

3y

Thank you for both a great review and for helping build an incredible office that's been instrumental to our growth! So delighted to hear you've had a great experience. We are proud of our strong benefits packages, and especially the ‘Unplug days’ which are a great way to spend time with family or on personal growth. We appreciate your feedback and your ongoing contribution.

5.0

Mar 29, 2023

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Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Work Culture - Very helpful and supportive team members - Unplug holidays - Great learning opportunities - Great benifits

Cons

Nothing as of now. It's a great place to work

Cloudera Response

3y

Thank you for both a great review and for helping build an incredible office that's been instrumental to our growth! So delighted to hear you've had a great experience. We are proud of our strong benefits packages. Our ‘Unplug days’, are a great opportunity to spend time with family or on personal growth.

5.0

Mar 29, 2023

Cloudera Company Review

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, Unplug days, celebration of occasions

Cons

No cons till yet. Best place to work.

Cloudera Response

3y

Thank you so much for the 5 star review! We are thrilled to read your feedback. We have so many amazing employees and so much to look forward to in the future as a company. We like to think that our culture is pretty special, so we love to hear that you have experienced great work/life balance through our Unplug Days.

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