They used to care - Anonymous employee Splunk Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When I first started at Splunk I was excited and loved telling people where I worked and what I worked on as Splunk was well known in the industry.

Cons

The culture is a lot different since the Cisco integration and whoever looks at these reviews should look at the timing of when the integration completed. With the Cisco acquisition I saw things hidden or swept under the rug quickly before Cisco could find out, including multiple ethics investigations into management practices. There was even a deep dive into cultural issues run by the women's ERG at Splunk that after completion, nothing was ever done or followed up on. There were absolutely horrendous things that were discovered and seeing nothing done was disheartening. If you asked me a year ago, I would have told you to work here in a heartbeat as I really loved the people I worked with and what I worked on. There's been an exodus of people leaving and silent layoffs before large vests since then and I can no longer advocate for this being a good place to work.

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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.

4.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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