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) , Software Engineer II (10)

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

"Good work life balance and enjoyable" ((in 127 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 119 reviews)); "The people are great and it has been a easy transition." ((in 100 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the projects are challenging." ((in 62 reviews)); "Salary is good and you will have unplug days" ((in 41 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 26 reviews)); "Too many management changes, no consistency and though the execs say they are transparent, when asked if there would be layoffs and they said No multiple times, People were let go and jobs eliminated" ((in 9 reviews)); "The one that stands out the most is upper management is incompetent." ((in 8 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Jan 21, 2023

Good standard company with great culture but poor buisness judgement and treating employees as easily disposable

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning opportunities Benefits and allowance No micromanagement Fixed time Great standard and compensation

Cons

No future Proof Laid off 30 % of employees due to bad buisness decision. heavy work pressure due to low resource count

Cloudera Response

3y

Your feedback is greatly appreciated today! Our goal is to ensure everyone has a positive experience at Cloudera and employee feedback is our most valuable resource in our journey of continuous improvement. Unfortunately as we are all aware, the market is turbulent right now and we did not escape this challenging time. This has forced us to make some decisions that were out of our control. We would hope that each individual's situation has been managed with the utmost care, sensitivity and respect.

1.0

Jan 20, 2023

Poor management

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing i felt like to be shared

Cons

laid of 32% of employees without anything and no vision

Cloudera Response

3y

Your feedback is greatly appreciated, we respect your comments and take them seriously. There is no doubt that the market is turbulent right now and unfortunately we did not escape this challenging time. We would hope that although some circumstances are out of our control, each individual's situation has been managed with the utmost care, sensitivity and respect.

4.0

Jan 20, 2023

Great company in the market

Inside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for. Well compensated

Cons

Could be doing more with marketing their solutions. Cloudera is the best at they do in the market amongst their competitors. We should showcase that to those that don't know Cloudera.

Cloudera Response

3y

We strive to ensure that we are able to offer a salary, bonus and equity plan that is competitive in the marketplace. Thank you so much for taking time to provide your constructive feedback and the contributions you have made to help us grow.

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