Is Confluent a good company to work for?

Confluent has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 762 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 34 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 30 reviews)); "The Work/Life Balance is good" ((in 28 reviews))

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

"Bad manager?" ((in 17 reviews)); "Layoffs due to poor planning." ((in 7 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

(708 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 708 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

708 reviews

4.0

Sep 22, 2022

Great company, lots of work, fantastic people

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, flat hierarchy, all voices are heard, interesting industry

Cons

It can feel overwhelming at time. Lots of priorities

5.0

Sep 19, 2022

Great place to work

Sales account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A collaborative and supportive team

Cons

Nothing to note for cons

3.0

Sep 15, 2022

Great product-market fit, but difficult sales environment

Sales executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- important big data product, with a massive target addressable market, and room to grow - generally smart and hard-working people across the board; meetings start on time; processes are followed; company is run with fiscal discipline - good relationships with public cloud vendors and other partners - great sales engineers, who are extremely knowledgable and great with customers - strong product-based growth, and organic sign-ups on pay-as-you-go

Cons

The sales quotas are completely unrealistic. Also, there is an increasing number of toxic policies that adversely affect salespeople, including - - i.e. withholding certain types of earned commissions unless criteria are met - not permitting salespeople to interview for senior roles - pressure to close deals in specific months/quarters (rather than when the customer is ready) - back-loaded incentive structure (i.e. get paid less for closing 0-50% of your quota, than 51% and above) - inability to share pricing with customers without getting sign-off from sales engineers In addition to all this, there is a great deal of admin/paperwork required to run a POC, get a Quote approved, and manage Opportunities. It is very hard to get a transaction done at Confluent. The company's sales goals overall are quite demanding, sales leadership has a strict management style, and is not interested in gathering feedback from the field.

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Great company, lots of work, fantastic people

Great place to work

Great product-market fit, but difficult sales environment

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