Is Cloudflare a good company to work for?

Cloudflare has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,121 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Cloudflare to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cloudflare have been left by employees working as Systems Engineer , Solutions Engineer and Product Manager .

Does Cloudflare pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cloudflare employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cloudflare. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cloudflare?

47% of Cloudflare employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cloudflare 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cloudflare?

Account Executive (127) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (62) , Systems Engineer (57) , Sales (39) , Solutions Engineer (29) , Technical Support Engineer (27) , Software Engineer (26) , BDR (20) , Enterprise Account Executive (18) , Product Manager (15) , Customer Success Manager (11) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (10) , Senior Account Executive (10) , Engineer (9) , Engineering Manager (8)

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

"People are great and always helpful." ((in 110 reviews)); "Great team and company that cares about their employees" ((in 37 reviews)); "Great pay and awesome industry to be in." ((in 36 reviews)); "working and smart colleagues" ((in 36 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 28 reviews))

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

"Senior leadership has no strategy other than “Get 'Stuff' Done”" ((in 42 reviews)); "level manager dictates your experience here, and if your manager is afraid to trust their team because they always need to be the smartest person in the room and can’t handle managing a team member that has a different background than their own; just get out and find a company where you’re empowered." ((in 23 reviews)); "Low salary and more work" ((in 22 reviews)); "No 401K match" ((in 22 reviews)); "CEO has no respect for sales." ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cloudflare layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Cloudflare locations?

San Francisco , Austin , New York , Chicago , Washington , Miami , Atlanta , Los Angeles , South San Francisco , San Jose , Raleigh , Dallas , California City , Tampa , Richmond , Phoenix , Florence , Houston , Pasadena , Palo Alto , Denver , Seattle , Spokane , West Palm Beach , Boston , Quincy , San Francisco , Cockrans , Texas , Vegas

Cloudflare reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,012 total reviews)

Matthew Prince

46% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Cloudflare has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,012 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cloudflare employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Jan 10, 2024

Sales reps beware

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Product is fantastic, industry leader in many areas.

Cons

Sales ROE is constantly changing, you could be hired with the expectation of being in one market and then within 6 months that changes. The worst part is inconsistent firing of sales reps. Even reps who hit quota for two consecutive quarters were not immune to latest release. And severance pathetic, even for folks that worked for over 7 years with the company. There is no performance that is "safe", which leads to an unhealthy working environment.

4.0

Jan 23, 2022

Right People and Trajectory, Sales org weird

Mid market account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great technology, incredible vision for market - Smart, impressive people everywhere - Sales management understands sales org problems and is patient with new hire struggles - Constant updates/investments for products - United Healthcare paid for - RSUs and ESPP should pay off in future - Way happier here than last company

Cons

- Sales org is messed up generally (low standards of salesforce hygiene, many people lazy in terms of activity), probably more so to so much scaling/growth - No territories today (you could work accounts in California or Vermont) and you have to find YOUR OWN accounts, start book from SCRATCH - Lots of confusion/conflict with ROE due to lack of territories - Constant struggle to find (even sometimes to keep) accounts - Due to above, difficult first 12-18 months for new hires - More of a product-led org than sales-led (CEO does not like sales people) - BDR org has extremely low standards. No cold calling, they do not even CALL leads, they will just email. Don't qualify their own opps, they just get a reply and let AE qualify with prospect. They're not hungry to get opps or even close deals - No 401k match - OFFICE FIRST company (weird about remote) but that is changing finally

2.0

Mar 9, 2019

Good place to start a career

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Company does well - Good place to start your engineering career (but not in other roles) - Women rule, but bias for others - Good technology

Cons

- Political, toxic culture - CEO rules by intimidation and COO is weak - Low pay, weak benefits, meaningless equity

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