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 129 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 118 reviews)); "The people are great and it has been a easy transition." ((in 105 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the projects are challenging." ((in 57 reviews)); "Salary is good and you will have unplug days" ((in 52 reviews))

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

"No vision and poor management" ((in 52 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 7 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

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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).

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1K reviews

5.0

May 16, 2024

Great place to learn and grow

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Solid customer base and technology foundations. Well positioned to ride the AI wave. Good adopting of cloud offerings both in public and private cloud.

Cons

Market perception is improving, but the company a still associated with its legacy big data offering. Mindset change still ongoing.

Cloudera Response

2y

We are proud of our solid customer base and strong technology foundations. In addition to this we re excited about our position in the AI wave and our successful adoption of both public and private cloud offerings. Your 5 star review is greatly appreciated.

1.0

Oct 17, 2023

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Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Company, Competitive Product Suite with very high potential to grow in the Data Management and AI/ML. Built on Open Source Software Community

Cons

Don't see cons at this time

Cloudera Response

2y

Thank you for your review. I am a little confused by the rating given the fact that you have mentioned various pros and no cons. I am not sure if you understood the star rating system. We appreciate your advice and will take it onboard.

3.0

Sep 26, 2023

Solid company

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They're good to their employees.

Cons

quota can be difficult to hit if you have a poor territory.

Cloudera Response

2y

Cloudera is currently piloting multiple initiatives to continually improve our internal processes. We only want the best for our employees and the first step to a better Cloudera is through feedback such as this. Thank you for sharing your constructive feedback.

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