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 53 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 33 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 27 reviews)); "The team is great at celebrating wins and acknowledging losses on a regular cadence (all" ((in 27 reviews))

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

"Bad manager?" ((in 14 reviews)); "Layoffs due to poor planning." ((in 8 reviews)); "middle management is getting worse and worse" ((in 6 reviews)); "Fewer formal training programs than larger companies" ((in 4 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

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

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).

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Reviews by job title

710 reviews

1.0

Jan 16, 2023

Dont even think on going to Confluent

Enterprise account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Unfortunately, I cannot say that the Coffee in the Office is bad.

Cons

Non-Realistic targets, with Management that only cares about their personal brand awareness in Linkedin/PR and less about the employees (Please just speak less about Cars and care more about your employees) The company is hiring more and more reps and managers although there is no need to - HQ has Headcount targets and doesn't care that the AEs will not sell anything. In 2023 I believe that Confluent will start layoffs due to the economic situation, which we already started to see that activity - hiring freeze, fewer expenses approval. Please also remember that the product is in a terrible situation, as MSK (AWS) and Red-Panda have a better Kafka solution, and Confluent is chasing them right now.

2.0

Jan 8, 2024

Rudderless and falling behind

Solution engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are nice, most want to work hard and do a good job. Very little politics The management will say the right thing (they just don't believe any of it)

Cons

The company has been rudderless since going public and needs new leadership. The product (Confluent Cloud) while easy to use is still very immature and future development is glacial. When Azure is able to release Kafka+Flink before Confluent that's a major problem. Stealth redundancies and constant reshaping the organization to be profitable.

2.0

Jul 3, 2022

Great product, stressful environment, high turnover

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Market-leading product - Huge addressable market - Flexible working hours - Rest and recharge days - Weekly free lunch - Transparent C-level team - Beautiful office - Good diversity

Cons

- Unrealistic targets. Many people are not hitting targets, not even close. Some even got PIPed for reasons beyond their control (e.g. AEs, territories) - Low compensation. Salary is lower compared to similar roles in the market. - Poor career progression and development. Many high performing SDRs have left in the past 6 months as there is no chance of promoting into other roles.

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