Weird company in a difficult transition - Channel SE Tanium Employee Review

1.0
26 May 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Product is very good, and most customers really like it.

Cons

CEO is a very unusual person, putting his stamp on almost every aspect of the company. Not the kind of CEO you want running a public company, which is painfully obvious. Onboarding was TERRIBLE - as in, the worst in my 20 year career. This was echoed by ALL 10-15 in my cohort. Sales compensation is out of norm with industry, so be sure to read the fine print about how long you have to work there to get your last commission check. Tanium is undergoing several simultaneous transitions and doing it poorly. They don't listen to their employees until it's too late, as evidenced by the number of people who have left the company. There is plenty more to say, but Tanium is the kind of company you would expect to sue its former employees, so I doubt many will post negative reviews. They push their employees early in their tenure to leave reviews on Glassdoor. While they don't recommend what to say, clearly most new employees are in the honeymoon phase and far more likely to leave positive reviews that recently departed employees.

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5.0
18 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great comp, benefits, work life balance most of the time. Trustworthy leadership and strong direction

Cons

Can be hectic at times with tight deadlines and long hours but is not the norm

3.0
15 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

I've worked for Tanium over 5 years and have seen a lot of change. The pace is fast and the teams are small so if you want autonomy and ownership this is a great place to work.

Cons

They're constantly reorging, it would be nice if the exec team could make up their mind on how they want the org structured and stick to it. They tend to do whatever other "hot" companies at the time are doing. The founder still plays a massive role and the c-suite just seem like his puppets. No one wants to be in office and ppl constantly complain but no one in leadership listens. It used to feel like they cared about what the employees say, but now everyone seems beaten down and just does the work so they're not laid off. Pay is also low compared to competitors. You have a decent annual salary but no bonus and no IPO in sight. You'll get RSUs but the price keeps going down with a promise to go back up. I've only seen it go down in my experience so just be mindful that whatever your base salary is (unless you're in sales) is going to be your total earnings.

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