Does Confluent pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Confluent employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Confluent. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Confluent?

63% of Confluent employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Confluent 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Confluent?

Software Engineer (57) , Account Executive (51) , Senior Software Engineer (30) , Sales (29) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (24) , Enterprise Account Executive (16) , Solutions Engineer (14) , Sales Development Representative (12) , Recruiter (11) , Sales Manager (10) , Manager (8) , Senior Software Engineer II (8) , Solutions Architect (8) , Cloud Account Executive (6) , Customer Success Technical Architect (6)

What are the pros of working at Confluent according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and great CEO." ((in 78 reviews)); "Good Pay and in line with the industry." ((in 49 reviews)); "Good benefits with the company" ((in 38 reviews)); "Confluent as a company is really doing great and has some great leadership." ((in 27 reviews)); "The team is great at celebrating wins and acknowledging losses on a regular cadence (all" ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Confluent according to real employee reviews?

"Bad manager?" ((in 14 reviews)); "middle management is getting worse and worse" ((in 6 reviews)); "Layoffs due to poor planning." ((in 5 reviews)); "there is a lack of career growth conversations other than sales" ((in 4 reviews)); "Long Hours but good balance" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Confluent redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Confluent redundancy and their outlook for job security at Confluent in 2026.

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3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(700 total reviews)

Jay Kreps

75% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture and values

3.7

Diversity and inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Confluent has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 700 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Confluent employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

700 reviews

2.0

29 May 2020

Power & Position matters

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The Product is great, Work culture in HQ is great, Being in HQ is advantageous, WFH & Flexibility to work from wherever is the best thing!

Cons

> Know what you are getting into - keep everything in Black & White; > People Managers lack the drive to motivate their teams; > there is no passion & compassion > Some people managers do Micromanagement > Very Long work hours and are expected to work on weekends as well > Lack of Transparency between Directors & Managerial levels

Confluent Response

5y

Thank you for the feedback provided. As a company, we are constantly working to ensure a consistent experience for all our employees regardless of location and titles. I would like to personally invite you to reach out to me directly to share more about your experiences. We are always looking for ways we can improve and strengthen the team and I would value the opportunity for deeper discussion. Best, Mike Podobnik, VP Talent & Employee Experience

1.0

26 Dec 2023

Dissapointed

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

A global team with good exposure

Cons

Worst structure. every quarter, the job description changes, and they are highly unstable I cleared 7 rounds of interviews and got rejected. then again they hired me immediately. after joining for 40 days, they restructured the organization, eliminated my team and laid me off.

1.0

21 Dec 2023

Cant make any money - High pressure job

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good package is offered with Stock options

Cons

However, you are not set up for success. Meeting targets is almost always impossible. Management has no interest in the customer success unless the customer is large. Weekly targets. Product is not at all easy to sell unless you have the right customers. Customers can choose to simply stop using Confluent. Technology is not critical to their business and Open source is very good too. Lots of competition with more affordable prices. Management has no vision or consistency of strategies. Hire and fire policy. 100% focus on sell sell sell. No patience for customer readiness. They are absolutely tight-fisted about any additional costs. Dont expect any travel / hotel stays / taxi bills getting approved. They want sales without any costs. :-)

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