Cloudflare reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,012 total reviews)

Matthew Prince

46% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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).

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1K reviews
1.0
Oct 27, 2016

Declining rapidly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

From a purely technical point of view, the work is interesting and engaging. Once upon a time it was evening meaningful. Now, most of the big problems have been solved and it's more about sustaining what has been built.

Cons

As previous reviews have stated, basically "senior" management. I use that with quotes because it should imply people with experience, but this group is completely juvenile. Again, agree with a previous poster, the legal team is just odd and they take to Twitter and Facebook constantly in a way that makes you think their bonus is tied to how cool they can make them appear to the CEO. It's particularly bad lately with the election coming up as some of the in-house team are posting obviously partisan articles in ways that give the impression that it's also the company's position. If anyone should understand the rules of social media you'd think it's the attorneys...but, definitely not in this case.

2.0
Jan 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of really smart people that are fun to work with. Cool office in SOMA near ballpark. Good work/life balance. Strong product, especially in the mid-market vertical.

Cons

Past reviews are spot on: CEO is arrogant. Sales Leadership is disconnected from the front lines + added an unnecessary layer of management that further removes senior leadership. Tension between sales and marketing. Compensation and equity are well below market.

2.0
Feb 8, 2024

Toxicity seems to be rewarded here

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Lots of impressively smart, educated and experienced people - Lots of innovation and future-thinking - Remote work is genuine and allows for work-life balance Note: I left voluntarily and on good terms.

Cons

- Virtually no career paths - Zero employee review process with feedback from management - Lacks: tuition reimbursement, 401k matching, wellness funds - Promotes people to management who cause chaos and are generally abusive - Finger-pointing and deflecting blame is common practice - Nerd bullies are beloved and rewarded - CEO is rather emotional and moody - Total chaos overall Tech culture (especially in engineering) is already tough enough but this place seems to be reversing course with all of the improvements people have been striving to achieve over the years.

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