Is Confluent a good company to work for?

Confluent has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 761 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 65% 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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Confluent?

65% 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 76 reviews)); "Good Pay and in line with the industry." ((in 50 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 36 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 27 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)); "middle management is getting worse and worse" ((in 6 reviews)); "Layoffs due to poor planning." ((in 6 reviews)); "Hiring managers are looking for senior people in the market (given the high availability in the tech sector) instead of promoting overperforming internal employees, simply because that would require some basic training (most of the skills overlap)." ((in 5 reviews)); "No 401K match (IBM does have some retirement contributions)" ((in 3 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

65% would recommend to a friend

(707 total reviews)

Jay Kreps

75% 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 707 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

707 reviews

5.0

Sep 23, 2025

Zero Politics, great place to lean

Customer success manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Unbelievably helpful in your career growth. No matter what dimension ( not just direction) you want to go in.

Cons

Work from home isn’t for everyone. Most roles are entirely remote and that might get a bit boring for some

2.0

Sep 18, 2025

Not what you expect

Enterprise account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and great CEO. Flexible hours and they fully support remote workers. Unlimited PTO

Cons

Constant turn-over and poor attrition. Disorganized sales org, no clear path for growth, poor enablement training. Having customers constantly confuse the company for Atlassian. Wearing multiple hats that you don't get paid enough for - as an AE, you are technically an SDR, AE, SE, and AM for each account. There is no organized structure to where clients move from AE to an AM or CSM.

5.0

Sep 18, 2025

Remote work with Good work life balance

Senior cloud enablement engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote Work Good Pay Great Work life balance

Cons

Not anything as of now

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