Passive Aggressive Management - Anonymous employee Splunk Employee Review

1.0
Nov 5, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays decently well, good snacks, strong belief in the product

Cons

Splunk middle management can be characterized by sociopaths with superiority complexes. Don't expect to be treated as a person, but rather as a source of technical ability to make your manager look good in front of higher ups. Several of the managers I've had have superiority complexes, even though many of them have not even done the type of work that the employees they manage are doing. People toot their own horns way too much, trying to climb on top of each other instead of trying to get things done. My manager would boast in every chance that he got, even if about something that was tangential/only slightly related to the topic being discussed.

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Cons

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Cons

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