Cloudera Reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(1,273 total reviews)
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Charles Sansbury

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Cloudera has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,273 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cloudera employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
5 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

Cons: Management Culture: Leadership hiring practices seem flawed. There is a noticeable lack of psychological and emotional safety, particularly for female engineers. Lack of New Graded Support: There is no structured mentorship or onboarding pipeline for Full-Time Employees (FTEs) joining straight out of college. New grads are largely left to fend for themselves. Broken Escalation Pathways: There is zero support or mediation from HR or upper leadership when conflict or misalignment occurs with your direct manager. Favoritism Over Merit: The culture does not reward merit, technical excellence, or strong engineering principles. Instead, it favors individuals who blindly agree with management without asking critical questions. Performative Well-being: Initiatives like "unplug days" are purely performative. On the ground, no one actually cares about your mental health, well-being, or job satisfaction. Met some of the most difficult and toxic management and team members during my tenure here.

5.0
24 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Really good place to get into open source development Unplug days are a nice perk (additional holidays essentially) High quality colleagues in the core Apache engineering teams

Cons

Oncall weeks can be brutal depending on the team

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Cloudera Response
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Thank you for the review. We are glad you enjoyed working on open source with our core Apache teams and found our Unplug days valuable. We also appreciate your feedback regarding the intensity of on-call weeks. We wish you the best in your next chapter.
5.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

work life balance nice team to work with unplug days

Cons

its not remote 5 days working

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Cloudera Response
2w
Thank you for the 5-star review! We are glad you love the work-life balance, supportive team, and Unplug Days. We hear your feedback on the 5-day office presence and appreciate you sharing your experience. Thank you for being a valued part of our team in Bengaluru.
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