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Found 586 of over 605 reviews
3.7
65% Recommend to a Friend
Elastic CEO  Ashutosh Kulkarni
63% Approve of CEO

Found 562 of over 605 reviews

3.7
65%
Recommend to a Friend
63%
Approve of CEO
Elastic CEO  Ashutosh Kulkarni
Ashutosh Kulkarni
155 Ratings
Pros
  • "Work-life balance is taken seriously(in 26 reviews)

  • "The company is remote-first, so you can work from home and not feel like a second-class citizen(in 12 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Growing pains around inter-departmental communication(in 11 reviews)

  • "Their hope is the open source model and its low entry price is going to drive enough potential demand for up-selling later to generate revenue(in 10 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Lovely place to work

      26 May 2023 - Senior Software Engineer in Bengaluru
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Globally distributed, high standard of engineering

      Cons

      Unsure about future business prospects

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    2. 5.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Best company to work for

      15 May 2023 - Accounts Payable Manager 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Best culture, work life balance, best in industry pay

      Cons

      Nothing as of now everything is going good

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    4. 4.0
      Current Employee

      Very nice company, healthy workplace

      29 Mar 2023 - Security Analyst in Bengaluru
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very cool environment and people around

      Cons

      Nothing as a Cons here yet.

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    5. 4.0
      Former Employee, more than 5 years

      Good growth company

      9 Mar 2023 - Director in New Delhi
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
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      Pros

      People friendly, high growth company

      Cons

      Fiefdoms are common. Lack of innovation

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    6. 5.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Good place to be

      6 Sept 2022 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company values are great, lot's of opportunity to learn and is encouraged to do, great technology, flexible work, global team

      Cons

      nothing that I can think of yet

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    7. 5.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Amazing Company

      7 Mar 2022 - Anonymous Employee in Bengaluru
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great Team - Focused Leadership - Employee friendly benefits - Strong cultural values , source code for the company. Yes you heard it correct we have source code for the company like we have for the products - Great learning opportunities - Lot of opportunities to grow internally across multiple functions

      Cons

      Nothing that I can think of as of now

      1 person found this review helpful
    8. 1.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Trying to leave

      10 Apr 2022 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits and remote work culture.

      Cons

      Management that does not care and terrible colleagues. I am actively trying to leave because the hiring practices are awful and the place is full of toxic people. All the good ones have left the company and the remaining ones are actively looking to leave.

      9 people found this review helpful
    9. 5.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Amazing work, good leadership, openness

      8 Feb 2022 - Senior Recruiter in Bengaluru
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Highly transparent Amazing and knowledgeable team members. Product is very cool Benefits are amazing

      Cons

      I am 4 months in the company and all I have is praise and one of the best companies I have worked for.

      3 people found this review helpful
    10. 5.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Great company to work for!!!

      23 Feb 2022 - Talent Acquisition 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation and RSU plan Flexibility to work Strong technical team to work for

      Cons

      I don't have any cons right now

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    11. 5.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Simply Great Place to Work

      6 May 2019 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Amazing People & Managers 2. Flexible work culture & challenging work 3. Great parental leave policy (16 weeks)

      Cons

      Rewards and recognition could be better.

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      3 people found this review helpful
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    Elastic has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 605 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Elastic to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -8% over the last 12 months.

    According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Elastic employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Elastic. This rating has decreased by -3% over the last 12 months.

    65% of Elastic employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Elastic 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

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