Is Cloudera a good company to work for?

Cloudera has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 1,400 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 122 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 121 reviews)); "The people are great and it has been a easy transition." ((in 108 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the projects are challenging." ((in 59 reviews)); "Salary is good and you will have unplug days" ((in 42 reviews))

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

"No vision and poor management" ((in 54 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 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

(1,272 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 1,272 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Oct 7, 2023

Not bad

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working from home. Good work life balance and flexibility. No micro management, lots of freedom and trust.

Cons

Salary could be better, no more RSU.

Cloudera Response

2y

Thank you for your feedback and the contribution you have made during your time with Cloudera. Our goal is to provide you with all of the tools you need to achieve a positive work-life blend, and feedback is a key part of this process. We are doing everything we can to make sure that our employees receive fair pay for their work and we will continue to improve this for our employees.

5.0

Oct 3, 2023

Overall good experience

Recruitment coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good colleagues and expose to international scope. Good benefits

Cons

Nothing much to comment on cons

Cloudera Response

2y

At Cloudera, 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 it's awesome to know that you've made great connections with your fellow Clouderans and have experienced great work/life balance through our Unplug Days. Thank you for your feedback today.

4.0

Oct 3, 2023

Hard Work but some great technical experts

Senior solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Driven by Open Source Enterprise Focused They still use some cool tech (Kafka/Flink/NiFi etc)

Cons

Not the cool hyped tech company any more The cool tech is hidden in Cloudera suites which you might not work on

Cloudera Response

2y

Thank you so much for your review and the impact that you have made during your time with Cloudera. We are so happy with the positive aspects of the company that you mentioned in your review. Regarding your comments on products, it’s important that we listen to our customers and that we meet their needs to Run and Reinvent, and innovation is key to that work. 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. Thank you for your review.

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