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    Cloudera Reviews

    Updated 12 June 2017
    213 reviews

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    Cloudera Chief Executive Officer Tom Reilly
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    Pros

    • Good room for work/life balance (in 12 reviews)

    • Cutting edge technology in the fast growing field of big data processing and analytics (in 16 reviews)

    Cons

    • Work/life balance can be tough here, but it isn't in any way forced from management (in 18 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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    1. Helpful (4)

      "It is a better company to work!!...."

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Customer Operations Engineer in Chennai
      Current Employee - Customer Operations Engineer in Chennai
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I 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.

    2. "A place to learn, grow and contribute"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Software Engineer in Palo Alto, CA (US)
      Former Employee - Software Engineer in Palo Alto, CA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      You will get a chance to work on cutting-edge technologies and also contribute to open source while doing so. You will get exposure to lot of opportunities within as new initiatives are being launched on time to time basis.

      Cons

      The work can get overwhelming given that Cloudera is in growth stage and lot of initatives got launched within company

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work going.

    3. "Software Engineer"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA (US)
      Former Employee - Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cloudera full-time

      Pros

      The entire team at Cloudera was in the 10% of Engineers I've worked with.
      In addition to being great Engineers, everyone was also genuinely positive and constructive.

      Cons

      There wasn't a high value placed on quality.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work.

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    4. Helpful (2)

      "Engineer"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Engineer in Austin, TX (US)
      Former Employee - Engineer in Austin, TX (US)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cloudera full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great people and great culture

      Cons

      Terrible middle management from the Director level down

      Advice to Management

      Hire people that don't just blindly agree with your ideas rather than challenge them to make the whole process better.

    5. "On boarding"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Partner Sales Manager in Milano (Italy)
      Current Employee - Partner Sales Manager in Milano (Italy)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cloudera full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Brilliant, Fast, Innovative, Global company

      Cons

      Balancing of the employess in europe between countries

      Advice to Management

      Push the culture of proposing our offering more from a business and strategic point of view then from a technological point of view

    6. "Good place to work"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Cloudera full-time

      Pros

      Flexible hour, interesting projects and nice people to work with.

      Cons

      stressful towards the end of the release

    7. Helpful (5)

      "Sales"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Account Executive in New York, NY (US)
      Current Employee - Account Executive in New York, NY (US)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cloudera full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great technology. Good business cases solved.

      Cons

      Growing pains as Cloudera expands.

      Advice to Management

      Open communication. The people on the street have more to offer than just flying like geese.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Smart people, inclusive culture, cool tech, good salaries"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA (US)
      Current Employee - Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cloudera full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Unlimited vacations
      Competitive salaries
      Get paid to work on open source code and become an Apache contributor

      Cons

      You may never want to leave ...

    9. "Awesome experience"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cloudera full-time

      Pros

      Committed team, strong leadership, game changing technology, supportive company, great benefits. Unlimited opportunity

      Cons

      There's lots to do so we all work hard.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work & Keep adhering to the company values

    10. "Great company, great benefits, great culture!"

      Star Star Star Star Star
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sales Engineer in San Francisco, CA (US)
      Current Employee - Sales Engineer in San Francisco, CA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cloudera full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Employee friendly culture, good work life balance, great vacation policy.

      Cons

      Tough market and there can be quite a bit of turnover in the sales ranks.

      Advice to Management

      Continue to build around the core platform technology
      Build or acquire a common ingest tool

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