Is Cloudera a good company to work for?

Cloudera has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 1,400 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 81% of employees would recommend working at Cloudera to a friend and 64% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cloudera have been left by employees working as Solutions Architect , Software Engineer and Account Executive .

Does Cloudera pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cloudera employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cloudera. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cloudera?

81% of Cloudera employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cloudera 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cloudera?

Software Engineer (129) , Senior Software Engineer (81) , Account Executive (39) , Customer Operations Engineer (39) , Staff Software Engineer (37) , Solutions Architect (29) , Sales (20) , Senior Customer Operations Engineer (19) , Solutions Engineer (18) , Software Engineer(Internship) (17) , Manager (13) , Enterprise Account Executive (11) , Sales Engineer (11) , Software Developer (10) , Staff Customer Operations Engineer (10)

What are the pros of working at Cloudera according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and enjoyable" ((in 124 reviews)); "A few key leaders are very invested in creating and keeping a great culture which gives hope for continued success in this area." ((in 123 reviews)); "The people are great and it has been a easy transition." ((in 104 reviews)); "The benefits are good and the projects are challenging." ((in 64 reviews)); "Salary is good and you will have unplug days" ((in 48 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cloudera according to real employee reviews?

"No vision and poor management" ((in 53 reviews)); "People applying here forget that employees leave bad managers." ((in 24 reviews)); "The one that stands out the most is upper management is incompetent." ((in 9 reviews)); "Always encouraged to take time off tho, but when on the clock, its definitely fast" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cloudera layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cloudera layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cloudera in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cloudera locations?

Palo Alto , Santa Clara , San Francisco , Austin , New York , Washington , San Jose , Los Angeles , Atlanta , Chicago , Raleigh , Dallas , Boston , Houston , Seattle , Baltimore , McLean , Jersey City , Cana , College Station , Plano , Texas City , Cincinnati , Dayton , California City , Culver City , Fremont , Pleasanton , Los Altos , Sunnyvale

Cloudera reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(1,272 total reviews)

Charles Sansbury

79% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Cloudera has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,272 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

4.0

Feb 22, 2023

Good place to learn about distributed systems and how to deal with massive amount of data

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Great ppl to work with - The tech stack is pretty compelling, you have the options to deep dive into almost anything that is related to distributed systems / data. Not to mention working on opensource products - You can't have any better office location in Bp - Teams are independent and they can follow their own processes - Remote / hybrid work - additional PTO days, "unplug" days when the whole company is taking some rest

Cons

- Due to previous mergers and direction changes sometime it can be a bit chaotic - The learning curve can be very steep - Too many products to support, engineers has to juggle between many priorites

Cloudera Response

3y

Thank you for both a great review and for helping build an incredible office that's been instrumental to our growth! We are proud of our strong benefits packages, including our Unplug days, as a time to spend with family or on personal growth. We are always looking for positive ways to improve as an employer and a business- It is reassuring to know that we are making our employees happy both from a work and personal standpoint.

5.0

Feb 22, 2023

Great company with career progression

Tech talent partner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Strong work/life balance culture - No micro-managing - Solid bonus structure as well as long term incentives - Casual office environment with weekly lunches

Cons

With any multi-national, you must take the highs with the lows but that is also part of the fun working in tech!

Cloudera Response

3y

We believe that to give our best at work and also live a well-balanced life, we all need to take time off. Thank you for taking the time to give us this feedback. Our goal is to provide you with all of the tools you need to achieve a positive work-life blend.

5.0

Feb 15, 2023

Great place to work

Escalation manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work here

Cons

Nothing that I can think of

Cloudera Response

3y

Thank you so much for your review and the impact that you have made during your time with Cloudera.

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