Tanium reviews

Product is both broad and deep and is a lot to learn. Employees suffering from imposter syndrome is a common issue. You handle front line cases. Sometimes there is great pressure to resolve issues quickly. Nights and weekend work is usual - if you aren't supporting customers, you are catching up on what couldn't get done during working hours. Getting officially qualified to support the product is a long process.

One of Tanium's cultural values is "win as a team", yet when you seek the help from colleagues, it's seen as a weakness. My manager told me "You should already know that". Be prepared to get criticized when your manager doesn't perceive your performance as good enough. This is expected - yet when I asked how to improve my performance, the first answer I got was "software engineering is an art - it's hard to quantify. I can't just tell you how to improve." When I tried to defend my performance and point out how I thought my performance was good, I was treated with hostility, my manager told me " maybe you just don't want to work here." I assured my manager that I would do *anything* I had to to remain working at Tanium. When I was finally put on a performance improvement plan, I thought "great, now I can do what I need to do to satisfy my manager". I was given a month. I wasn't told my job was in jeopardy. In addition to my usual duties, this month included preparing for and giving a presentation at on off-site conference, and working with software engineers on other projects to integrate with the work I was doing. I did what was asked. My efforts were met with hostility. When I pointed out that I had more than double the PR's and commits than the other members of the team over a similar time period, that still wasn't good enough. Apparently it's insubordination to defend yourself. I was still fired. I was set up to fail. The improvement plan was simply an hr checkbox needed to justify firing me.