Started out good, went downhill - Anonymous employee Confluent Employee Review

1.0
Feb 2, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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.

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