Is Confluent a good company to work for?

Confluent has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 764 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Confluent to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Confluent have been left by employees working as Sales , Account Executive and Software Engineer .

Does Confluent pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Confluent employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Confluent. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Confluent?

64% of Confluent employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Confluent 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Confluent?

Software Engineer (59) , Account Executive (51) , Senior Software Engineer (31) , Sales (29) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (25) , Enterprise Account Executive (16) , Solutions Engineer (14) , Sales Development Representative (12) , Recruiter (11) , Sales Manager (10) , Senior Software Engineer II (9) , Manager (8) , Solutions Architect (8) , Cloud Account Executive (6) , Customer Success Technical Architect (6)

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

"Great people and great CEO." ((in 79 reviews)); "Good Pay and in line with the industry." ((in 48 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 36 reviews)); "The Work/Life Balance is good" ((in 26 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 26 reviews))

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

"Bad manager?" ((in 16 reviews)); "Layoffs due to poor planning." ((in 7 reviews)); "middle management is getting worse and worse" ((in 6 reviews)); "Promotion is slow" ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Confluent layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Confluent locations?

Mountain View , Palo Alto , Austin , San Francisco , New York , Seattle , Boston , Washington , San Jose , Philadelphia , Atlanta , Chicago , Springfield , Dallas , California City , Edison , Alexandria , Florida , Raleigh , Coppell , Minneapolis , Cincinnati , Medina , Los Angeles , Santa Monica , San Diego , Fremont , Las Vegas , New Orleans , Kirkland

Confluent reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(710 total reviews)

Jay Kreps

74% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Confluent has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 710 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Confluent 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

710 reviews

5.0

Jul 2, 2019

Fantastic company to work for!

Data science

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Product: super cool technology near and dear to Data Scientists' hearts - Hyper growth: amazing growth rate at our scale! - Career opportunities: there's so much to do and great opportunities for ambitious data scientists who want to make a real impact to the business. - Culture: transparent, humble, while ambitious. Also very family oriented and flexible - People: smart and fun people to be around with!

Cons

Can not think of any yet.

5.0

Jun 11, 2019

Awesome team and company culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- collaborative team and fun team culture - fun events/happy hours - CEO is present - catered lunch everyday/snacks - commute is covered - great benefits - can be remote

Cons

typical startup pain points with scaling so quickly, but everyone is on top of what they're doing

5.0

May 20, 2019

Exciting High Growth Transformational Company

Alliance director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great product/solution that's hitting the market right at the time enterprises are demanding it. Fun work environment, super smart people, stellar leadership.

Cons

Growing super fast so hard to keep up with all the new faces. Office space getting pretty tight but being addressed

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Jobs at Confluent

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Fantastic company to work for!

Awesome team and company culture

Exciting High Growth Transformational Company

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