Believe the bad press - Director of Security Tanium Employee Review

1.0
Oct 3, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The fundamental technology is sound and can be used as a platform for solving a broad range of infrastructure maintenance and cybersecurity at scale.

Cons

The reality of working at Tanium is even worse than Forbes lets on: I worked at Tanium for a year. I was fired without warning or cause just a few weeks before my first vesting. At termination I was told that Tanium “wanted to help me” by paying my minimum bonus and granting the pending vesting shares. (It also happens that this type of ‘help’ makes it more difficult to mount a successful wrongful termination case.) Seven months after their 'help,' Tanium exercised a right to repurchase those same RSUs — stripping me of the equity I built into the company. ^ All legal. Not what I would call "Do the right thing." (All the Tanium 'values.') I provided some of the best work of my career to the worst company I was ever unfortunate enough to work for. Don't be a like fool. Save yourself. Avoid this company at all costs.

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5.0
May 18, 2026
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Pros

Great comp, benefits, work life balance most of the time. Trustworthy leadership and strong direction

Cons

Can be hectic at times with tight deadlines and long hours but is not the norm

3.0
Jun 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've worked for Tanium over 5 years and have seen a lot of change. The pace is fast and the teams are small so if you want autonomy and ownership this is a great place to work.

Cons

They're constantly reorging, it would be nice if the exec team could make up their mind on how they want the org structured and stick to it. They tend to do whatever other "hot" companies at the time are doing. The founder still plays a massive role and the c-suite just seem like his puppets. No one wants to be in office and ppl constantly complain but no one in leadership listens. It used to feel like they cared about what the employees say, but now everyone seems beaten down and just does the work so they're not laid off. Pay is also low compared to competitors. You have a decent annual salary but no bonus and no IPO in sight. You'll get RSUs but the price keeps going down with a promise to go back up. I've only seen it go down in my experience so just be mindful that whatever your base salary is (unless you're in sales) is going to be your total earnings.

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