Is Confluent a good company to work for?

Confluent has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 763 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 50% 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 (58) , 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 75 reviews)); "Good Pay and in line with the industry." ((in 53 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 30 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 28 reviews)); "The Work/Life Balance is good" ((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 8 reviews)); "middle management is getting worse and worse" ((in 6 reviews)); "Fewer formal training programs than larger companies" ((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

(709 total reviews)

Jay Kreps

74% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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Confluent has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 709 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

709 reviews

4.0

Dec 11, 2022

Sales leaders are terrible

Enterprise account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great technology and start-up environment. Friendly people and good atmosphere - Post IPO company while COVID period, strong potential

Cons

- Sales leaders has no technical background much and not a GTM winner. - Different region with same strategy. - No Audit process, lots of fake deals with multi-year but company only ask sales to do. Sales push to partner...so partner eco is terribly bad in some regions. - This is not a service yet, this is still implementing solution after sales, but post sales are very weak..sales leaders not interest tech leading and customer will follow...they asked us following customers, cold calling...it will loose customer love...only pipegen is their favorite interest...how stupid. - HR team is very weak.......no culture

2.0

Nov 16, 2022

Platform is great, the people aren't so good

Recruiter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Software, a good place to be to open future doors. If you come from a direct competitor you will more than likely be successful in obtaining a role. Completely remote with the business aggressively hiring

Cons

Mediocre salaries and benefits aren't competitive, management portrays an inclusive environment that is far from what it is. Additionally, a toxic environment with too many managers giving too much input. Expect a long interview process with hiring managers not knowing what an A-grade candidate looks like vs a B grade. Your direct leaders will tell you not to message or contact any of the Directors, VPs, AVPs, or senior leadership. There's a lot wrong with the business but luckily the platform is a value add for any business. Also, they have had trouble paying their staff where staff will wait weeks or months.

4.0

Mar 2, 2021

Very slow development

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance, since things move extremely slow

Cons

Quite fewer development opportunities for in-house growth. Mostly lateral talent being recruited at top positions. Little to no promotions.

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Sales leaders are terrible

Platform is great, the people aren't so good

Very slow development

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