Employees No Longer Matter - Senior Manager Splunk Employee Review

2.0
Nov 29, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and smart employees.

Cons

Splunk is not the same place it was before Gary Steele joined, the culture has gone out the door and employees are now just a number, overworked, and undervalued. The number of steps to complete anything are over-processed, want to sneeze - you need 5 approvals and 10 steps to make sure you sneeze right - and as a result nothing is ever completed on time and employees don't feel trusted to do their best work because they are told constantly it isn't good enough. In all my years and companies, never seen so many smart people undervalued and a power hungry leadership who thinks they only know the answers.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

- Excellent work life balance and competitive compensation. - Strong benefits and talented, supportive colleagues. - Industry leading technology with an established brand. - Opportunity to work with large enterprise customers and travel when needed.

Cons

- Since the Cisco acquisition, leadership quality and sales execution have noticeably declined. The culture has shifted from customer success to excessive focus on spreadsheets, dashboards, and internal metrics. - Internal politics and favoritism have become increasingly apparent, creating inconsistent opportunities across territories and reps. - The Splunk / Cisco integration remains fragmented. Sales motions, product positioning, and incentives are not aligned, making it difficult to execute effectively. - Cisco sellers are still not consistently incentivized to sell Splunk, creating unnecessary friction between teams. - Lack of experienced SE resources makes running successful PoCs difficult and slows sales cycles. - Account Executives are increasingly treated like overlays rather than owners of their business. - Product innovation has slowed, with a greater emphasis on packaging and licensing changes instead of meaningful platform improvements, while competitors like CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks continue to execute aggressively.

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4.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team and culture dynamic across multiple departments

Cons

Team reductions and restructuring caused a lot of confusion

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