Huge opportunity, great product, great comp, but culture is eroding - Anonymous employee Splunk Employee Review

3.0
Feb 25, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Huge and growing market in big data, security, ITOps, AppDev, etc, and customers love the product; great comp and pay

Cons

Changing leadership creating lots of churn and culture is shifting; trying to "grow up" and becoming a big company but new leaders trying to do this don't take time to appreciate the business model and where Splunk is coming from

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

- Excellent work life balance and competitive compensation. - Strong benefits and talented, supportive colleagues. - Industry leading technology with an established brand. - Opportunity to work with large enterprise customers and travel when needed.

Cons

- Since the Cisco acquisition, leadership quality and sales execution have noticeably declined. The culture has shifted from customer success to excessive focus on spreadsheets, dashboards, and internal metrics. - Internal politics and favoritism have become increasingly apparent, creating inconsistent opportunities across territories and reps. - The Splunk / Cisco integration remains fragmented. Sales motions, product positioning, and incentives are not aligned, making it difficult to execute effectively. - Cisco sellers are still not consistently incentivized to sell Splunk, creating unnecessary friction between teams. - Lack of experienced SE resources makes running successful PoCs difficult and slows sales cycles. - Account Executives are increasingly treated like overlays rather than owners of their business. - Product innovation has slowed, with a greater emphasis on packaging and licensing changes instead of meaningful platform improvements, while competitors like CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks continue to execute aggressively.

4.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great team and culture dynamic across multiple departments

Cons

Team reductions and restructuring caused a lot of confusion

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