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Pros
Good room for work/life balance (in 13 reviews)
Cutting edge technology in the fast growing field of big data processing and analytics (in 17 reviews)
Cons
Definitely challenging when it comes to work-life balance (in 19 reviews)
Growing pains as with any company that's expanded as quickly as Cloudera has, but management has done a good job of addressing those as they've arisen (in 27 reviews)
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"It is a better company to work!!...."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
It is a company where lot of innovation happens
It is a company with full of great people like Doug Cutting, Yonik, Tom White etc...
It offers career growth for every individual.
It is a pioneer in the Hadoop Distribution (CDH)
It contributes lot of projects to the open source world.
It is best company for every engineer.Cons
Interview process is a bit slow.
A few facilities for India employees.Advice to Management
For India employees, provide the accommodation at the time of joining. Start office in a few more locations in India like Bangalore.
Cloudera 2015-07-16 00:45 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Technology has passed the company by"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Cloudera full-time (More than a year)
Pros
High tech company working on a lot of neat projects with Big Data.
One of the dominant players in the Hadoop market competing with Hortonworks.Cons
Hadoop has not received widespread adoption that Cloudera was hopeful that it would. The Cloud players are now dominating this market.
There will always be on-prem Hadoop use cases out there, but widespread adoption no longer looks like a foregone conclusion.
Combined with the technical hurdles around IT operations in setting up a Hadoop cluster, this is a very difficult sales job.Advice to Management
Buy a commodity server company and sell your own appliances. On-prem shops would love this CapX model.
Cloudera 2017-10-09 09:34 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Outstanding Employer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Genuine empowerment of employees, be prepared to use your initiative, take control and run your own business franchise.
Cons
The pace is breathtaking, time management and prioritisation tough - everyone wants to talk to Cloudera!
Advice to Management
Keep up the great work - the Exec team here is one of the best in the industry. Take care not to lose the culture, pace and agility as the rapid growth continues. Keep making smart acquisitions and integrate and monetise quickly.
Cloudera 2017-09-22 12:12 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Pay attention!"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
The technology is exciting and fun!
Cons
Constantly changing corporate direction prevents consistent revenue projection.
Advice to Management
Pick a path and stay on it.
Cloudera 2017-09-20 11:10 PDT![Cloudera Logo]()
"Great company all around"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great opportunities and many avenues for growth. Always challenging work and always learning. Love the culture. Very open and inclusive. Executive team is one of the best I've seen
Cons
Not much honestly. Definitely challenging when it comes to work-life balance. Always encouraged to take time off tho, but when on the clock, its definitely fast-paced.
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you're doing!
Cloudera 2017-09-09 06:17 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Doesn't deal well with ambiguity."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Cloudera full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Seemed like a great opportunity to work on open source software and be influential.
Cons
Difficult working relationship with team engineers and director(s). Too much middle management: there were three managers between me and the head of engineering, and engineering is barely 300 people. Company is more sales and customer than core technology focused. Engineers and managers too worried about their own career growth and covering their rears to make the company great. Weak position in open source community for some core technologies. Unclear, ever changing business direction.
Advice to Management
Pick something and do it well. Reduce your surface area. Remove redundant directors and reduce the management hierarchy by at least two levels. You're bleeding talent - founders, do something about this.
Cloudera 2017-10-12 20:45 PDT![Cloudera Logo]()
"Challenging but rewarding"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Fantastic people, great and forward thinking culture. Truly a rewarding and positive place to work. Great overall reputation in the marketplace.
Cons
The space is truly challenging, easily the most difficult sales job I've ever had. To succeed at Cloudera you have to be extremely driven and skilled at managing complex sales cycles.
Cloudera 2017-09-19 21:12 PDT![Cloudera Logo]()
"Love it!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Your own franchise they promised me, and that is exactly how it feels; awesome! Great management that coaches instead of controls, smart and experienced colleagues, good money, great market segment.
Cons
If you're lazy this is not the right place; high pace
Cloudera 2017-09-02 13:01 PDT![Cloudera Logo]()
"Customer Operations Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time (Less than a year)
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so far all is good
Cons
no Cons since everything fine
Cloudera 2017-08-10 23:25 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Pre-sales Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Cloudera full-time
Pros
It rocks.. Innovative, leader in what we do.
Cons
Nothing I can think of
Advice to Management
Stay Hungry , Stay Foolish.
Cloudera 2017-08-02 02:40 PDT
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