Confluent reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

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Jay Kreps

75% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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5.0
Sep 11, 2019

Great place to work

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Pros

I've only recently joined Confluent, but so far I'm very impressed. It is a great product and great team. Lots of smart people, who are also humble. Great culture and values and executives are open and transparent. Many companies use the term "one team" but Confluent lives it. Benefits and perks are good too. Best career decision I've ever made.

Cons

Typical challenges of being a high-growth start-up.

5.0
Sep 7, 2019

The Real Deal

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Full disclosure that I've only recently joined Confluent but this is already unlike anything I've seen in my (lengthy) career. It is the real deal. Wickedly smart, technically astute, and highly empathetic leaders who engage like actual humans. Ridiculously compelling product-market fit. Off the charts run-rate. The culture and values are role modeled at the top and clearly cascade down. It's worth calling out that the team is highly distributed, so while there's a company headquarters based in the Bay Area, there's also a full office in the city, so people don't have to commute unless desired. The same is true for people working remotely from home or in small, growing enclaves where Confluent is using WeWork offices until there's critical mass. Bottom line though, it's not a "you must be in the office" culture and that is refreshingly pragmatic.

Cons

Like any startup growing ridiculously quickly, many things are struggling to keeping pace with the swift rate of growth. We outgrown our HQ, parking is tight, snacks, coffee, and parts of lunch sometimes run out, etc. However we're moving into a ridiculous new headquarters, taking over a parking garage, and hiring on new workplace/facilities people to help keep up. Patience on the little things is required, but the intent is positive and execution gets there eventually.

5.0
Mar 1, 2019

Great Company

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First off, this is not a paid/fake review you often read on other company reviews. I work at Confluent and love it. Read on for more... Working at Confluent is one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. Our offering is helping some of the world’s biggest and best companies transform their business. My colleagues are smart, humble and dedicated to event streaming success for all our customers - large and small. It’s energizing working with people I respect, enjoy, and learn from on a daily basis. On top of that the pay is pretty good. Perks are really good. Equity opportunity is outstanding. And most importantly, being part of the company creating a generational/new paradigm for application and data infrastructure is priceless. Our growth is unprecedented and that’s difficult for every group in the company. However, we’re getting even stronger as a result. For example , our cloud and feature-release roadmap is rapidly accelerating and poised to enable our customers to do even more, with less.

Cons

It’s a fast moving late-stage startup and not for everyone. Adapting to change to facilitate our growth can be tough.

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