Highly motivated, collaborative and intelligent people, but with a dysfunctional ELT - Director GTM Tanium Employee Review

3.0
Jul 27, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- strong business outlook - excellent product - surrounded by some of the best expertise from whom one can learn - collaborative and supportive colleagues

Cons

- founders (ceo and chairman) have absolute and dictatorial control, which leads to poor decisions and high inefficiency across all Commercial functions. - people are scared of the CEO and his reactions, which leads to a dysfunctional culture. VP and below culture is good, but above that it is poor and corrosive. - Churn in Commercial leadership roles (Finance, Marketing, Sales) is for a good reason. CEO does not understand GTM and drives out high-performing experts due to his tops-down leadership style that does not build trust in his ELT - Above issues are classic of a private company, led by the founder/ceo that is technically brilliant but thinks it's his way or the highway. This works when you have 500 people and are private but not when you have 2000 and heading towards a potential IPO.

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5.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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