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 132 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 112 reviews)); "The people are great and it has been a easy transition." ((in 103 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the projects are challenging." ((in 57 reviews)); "Salary is good and you will have unplug days" ((in 44 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 25 reviews)); "The one that stands out the most is upper management is incompetent." ((in 9 reviews)); "Communication is not a strong suit but the new management is trying to change that" ((in 6 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

(1,272 total reviews)

Charles Sansbury

79% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture & values

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

Cloudera has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,272 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

1.0

Jun 28, 2023

Panic & Chaos - don't go here.

Global account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart colleagues (those who are still around)

Cons

- No salary increase in 24 months - High churn (incl senior management) -Tense atmosphere (everything is a fire drill) - Targets are set so no one is able to achieve them (further cost cutting) - Senior management has lost touch with employees - Venture Capital owned - nuff said

Cloudera Response

2y

Cloudera is currently piloting multiple initiatives to continually improve our internal processes. Thank you for sharing your constructive feedback.We only want the best for our employees and the first step to a better Cloudera is through feedback such as this. We are very sorry to hear about your experience but I can assure you that we are 100% committed to making Cloudera a ‘great place to work’.

1.0

Jun 21, 2023

Not the company it used to be

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It used to be a great company, but not any more. Unplug days.

Cons

After the private acquisition, there has been lots of cost-cutting even when the Company is doing great in revenues. Employees have no say in their bi-yearly reviews. It is only the manager's decision. This promotes boot-licking culture which is a disadvantage for some very deserving people. No recent yearly increments, very few promotions and no hikes. They have replaced RSUs with SARs, which are not even worth peanuts and can not be redeemed. CEO stepped down recently without any proper reason. They communicate that everything is good but they do all things opposite of it. They are not as transparent as they used to be. Recently they have started 24*7 oncall schedules where you can be pulled into an escalation if you are oncall that week. Engineers are expected to work double time during long stretch without compensation for it.

Cloudera Response

2y

Your feedback is greatly appreciated today, we respect your comments and take them seriously. 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. We are disappointed to hear that we did not meet all your needs as an employer. We are working consistently through both direct feedback and our engagement surveys to listen to our employees and ensure we are constantly improving our employee experience. Thank you for all you have accomplished @Cloudera!

2.0

Mar 13, 2023

Good company with no learning

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company culture. Extra leaves. Unlimited Leaves. Good WFH support, telework support. Overtime is compensated in on-call weeks Great managers

Cons

No learning from existing tech-stack, makes it hard to progress. The product is an old monolith that is hard to scale unless redesigned. Increments are poor, sometimes almost non-existent You solve 20 JIRA tickets parallely instead of solving meaningful problems/designing systems. Too many adhoc tasks, too many releases to track. Less coding more management, meetings and repeated discussions. Everyday burnout is common , even if you work 9-5.

Cloudera Response

3y

Thank you so much for your review and the impact that you have made during your time with Cloudera! We are doing everything we can to push the needle and this year being named ‘Gartner's customer choice for Hybrid Data Platform’ shows that our efforts are paying off. However, saying that we need to continue to be focused on innovation and continuous improvement. Listening to our employees is just as important as listening to our customers and we will certainly take this feedback into consideration as we move forward.

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