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 79 reviews)); "Good Pay and in line with the industry." ((in 48 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 34 reviews)); "The team is great at celebrating wins and acknowledging losses on a regular cadence (all" ((in 30 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 28 reviews))

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

"Bad manager?" ((in 15 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 6 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

Feb 11, 2025

Good stepping stone

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management always looked out for the SDRs

Cons

There were several rapid changes while being there so meeting all the KPIs became an issue

1.0

Feb 2, 2025

Started out good, went downhill

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Product is challenging but interesting. CEO is brilliant, transparent and smart and the flexible remote working is a blessing.

Cons

Unfortunately due to some poor people team leadership hires, the culture at Confluent significantly declined after 2022. There was a lot of politics involved in all decisions, and half of the People Partner team was impacted by these politics. One by one, all the best culture carriers was forced out of the business. Changes by leaders would be hastily actioned without thought on the impacts on the business. I would caution before joining Confluent.

1.0

Jan 31, 2025

No work life balance

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing i can't think of

Cons

Very bad management, no work life balance.Too much pressure.

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