Splunk reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,955 total reviews)
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Gary Steele

83% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Splunk has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,955 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Splunk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
May 21, 2016

Sales

Recommend
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Pros

If you have passion, drive, work ethic, willingness to learn fast DIY, you'll be frustrated, but will do great. If you are lazy, entitled, complacent and not at all driven to learn how to do your sales cycles/account management from, tech support, prospecting to closing deals in the systems/processes, or even care if you meet your quota - management does not use that as a measuring stick for your success. Complacency to not learn the job is expected so why try? At Splunk everyone gets a trophy! Just delegate your responsibilities, be nice, agreeable, act dumb, expect to pass off blame to someone else, and you'll have a job for life .

Cons

Post Sales Customer Success is aweful. Customers are not happy, the cult following is history. its not a start up mentality or family environment they talk about in interviews, its very management heavy and chaotic expectations changing weekly, place to be. Playing Politics is priority. They are trying to grow so fast they don't have a clear or consistent direction for all of the groups to be on the same page. Management send mixed messages, Very low moral. Very low motivation to go above and beyond. No recognition if you do try to. If you are ready to settle in your sales career - go to Splunk. Most play work, instead of doing any real work.

2.0
Apr 23, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I used to be a huge advocate for Splunk. Flexibility, focus on deliverables and freedom to work the way you want to work. That is diminishing especially in organizations where new leaders are on-board.

Cons

Work - life balance is getting better, only because I don't care that much anymore. Many of the other senior executives are decent people but the recent hires are not.

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2.0
Jul 16, 2018

Missed Opportunities

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Splunk was built on the foundation of an amazing product and amazing people. It was one of those few companies that came to market at the right time and had the right blend of startup talent that could scale with the business. In fact, the product and people were so strong it withstood a multitude of poor decisions.

Cons

You will hear that companies need to change to grow. Although that is true, there is still good and bad change. What was once a strong overachieving culture has turned into big business as usual, rewarded more for what you say you're doing and less on what you're actually doing. A string of top level hiring miscues has cascaded down multiple levels and the only ones enjoying their day jobs are the newest hires from large companies that are unaware of what a collaborative, selfless and political less environment looks like.

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