Adaptability is the key to happiness at Splunk - Anonymous employee Splunk Employee Review

5.0
May 9, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Look, Splunk has grown absurdly fast. At times this means processes and systems are bursting at the seams. For me personally, these "problems" represent opportunities and are exciting challenges to fix. Fortunately, employees are empowered to fix them. Despite our rapid growth, getting access to senior leadership is still ridiculously easy, and making a meaningful impact for the business is within everyone's reach. This is what I love about Splunk. The opportunity to create and shape the next version of Splunk. Of course, Splunk also provides competitive pay, great benefits, plenty of opportunities, and never a lack of excitement. The culture is maturing but remains at the top end of the scale. If this excites you, don't think twice about coming here.

Cons

Splunk isn't for everyone. Anyone saying that the "Golden Days Are Gone" have a nonsensical nostalgic view of a 500 person company with a single focus and short list of priorities. They're like Uncle Rico reminiscing about his "glory" days back in '82, and it's a little absurd. No, Splunk isn't high school anymore. Hang up your letterman jacket, embrace the path forward, realize that the journey ahead provides its own unique set of experience and opportunities, and you'll love Splunk.

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Splunk Response
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Thank you thank you! We promise to keep the Splunk family together. As we grow, we want to protect and preserve the best of our culture. And we can do that with great Splunkers like you. Feel free to keep us posted on how things are going at openconversation@splunk.com. - Peter Vogt, Employee Communications

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