It isn't you, it is Tanium - Focused more on bottom line than on people - Director, Product Management Tanium Employee Review

2.0
May 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The individual contributors that have been there for more than 4 years are some of the best in the industry. They are the reason Tanium used to be a great place, and are still some of the best people to work with.

Cons

Multiple instances where highly paid high performers were told they were no longer meeting expectations and fired weeks later without any metrics to improve by, or never given an opportunity to transfer to another role. While Tanium still has a very complex hiring process and are good at finding the best people, the new breed of Executives have caused the culture to become full of fear and not willing to speaking up. Too many vocal peers suddenly disappear the next day. During my tenure, multiple layoffs without an announcement, with entire teams gutted. A quite firing or RIF with no end of action announced or plan provided as to how they messed up so bad. Product Marketing had two layoffs where they removed all leadership in 3 years. Leadership would create new teams expecting the sales needle to move and when it didn't quickly, reversed direction and would let people go. Changing of executive leaders resulted in removal or demotion of long standing Tanium loyal employees. Loyalty is expected one way only, to the top. No ability to deliver product, the tech debt and decisions made by one of the founders created a Sisyphean struggle to try to keep up, but it is impossible.

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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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