Not bad, not great - Anonymous employee Confluent Employee Review

4.0
9 Oct 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Good compensation - Super flexible remote (edging on too flexible) - Pretty good CEO - A good amount of autonomy - Good work life balance

Cons

Very myopic focus on sales targets, and thus not very long term thinking from a customer engagement standpoint. Things can seem, and actually be very transactional. Feels like sales generally runs the show despite the product being the real star. Decision making is a bit wonky and to a certain extent you can do whatever you want. Leadership is generally underwhelming Hiring/firing: they will do anything to get people in or out quickly. Instead of trying to hire the right people and take the time to do it, they just hire as fast as possible, then if they made the wrong choice they just fire people rather than try to improve.

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5.0
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Eng heavy culture Great benefits

Cons

IBM acquisition could change culture

4.0
10 June 2026
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Pros

Great product, strong leadership, and talented people across the organization. Excellent place to learn enterprise SaaS sales and grow quickly as an SDR. Supportive team culture, good training, and a fast-paced environment with many opportunities to work with large global accounts. Strong compensation and career development opportunities for high performers.

Cons

Since the IBM acquisition, there has been uncertainty around the future structure and career path for SDRs. Communication could be more transparent regarding organizational changes, promotion opportunities, and long-term strategy for the SDR organization.

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