Cloudera reviews

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(1,270 total reviews)
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Charles Sansbury

77% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Cloudera has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,270 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cloudera employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Feb 12, 2026

Good company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- work life balance - compensation - tech stack

Cons

- overall direction - management changes

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Cloudera Response
3mo
Thank you for your five year commitment to the team. We are thrilled that our compensation, tech stack, and work life balance have provided a positive environment for you during your tenure in Budapest. We take your notes on management changes and company direction seriously. We are focused on providing more stability and clarity as we continue to evolve. We truly appreciate your long term loyalty and contributions.
4.0
Feb 11, 2026

Great company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome products, very talented engineers and a great manager

Cons

C- level decisions are very polarizing and are most of the time not communicated well

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Cloudera Response
3mo
Thank you for the review. It is great to hear that you enjoy our products and the talent of your peers and manager. We appreciate your honest feedback regarding executive communication. We are always working to ensure leadership decisions are more transparent and better understood across the engineering organization. Your dedication to the team for the past year is highly valued.
1.0
Feb 9, 2026

Legacy product

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home, not too much pros other than that

Cons

The product is extremely legacy and the technology is outdated. Although branded as “Cloudera,” the focus is still largely on on-premises deployments. There is no clear strategic direction. The company survives primarily because some customers are forced to use on-prem solutions, not because they actually like the product, which is widely seen as difficult and unpleasant to work with.

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Cloudera Response
3mo
Thank you for your feedback. We respect your perspective and wish you the best moving forward.
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