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Hortonworks

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Hortonworks reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(284 total reviews)
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Rob Bearden

78% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Hortonworks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 284 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hortonworks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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284 reviews
5.0
Mar 11, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company Ethics Positive Environment Opportunities rendered to every individual for personal growth Young and Knowledgeable team

Cons

Cons are ignorable for the opportunities and knowledge the company is leveraging for an individual.

2.0
Mar 1, 2018

Good company with one of the worst cultures in my experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great technology, lots of learning opportunities

Cons

Very poor on boarding. No introduction to broader geographically dispersed teams. It is no ones job to ensure that every team member is aware of what is going on and has an opportunity to contribute.

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Hortonworks Response
8y
This is great feedback and thank you for sharing! If you are open to being more specific with how we could address the above concerns, please email me at cwaygood@hortonworks.com. I would love the opportunity to learn more.
4.0
Feb 26, 2018

Software Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and technology driving tremendous innovation for our customers.

Cons

Slow machine which sometimes frustrating

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