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Tableau Software reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,147 total reviews)
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Mark Nelson

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Tableau Software has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tableau Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Jul 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

People are extremely kind; Great culture; Product is outstanding; Health Benefits are great; Customers love Tableau and it is a pleasant experience supporting them; fun solution and the things people do with Tableau are incredible

Cons

Visual Analytics is becoming a more competitive field; high expectations in terms of quota with shrinking territories as Tableau grows

4.0
Jul 17, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are amazing. I love the people I work with and I have never felt pressured or stressed at work. Everyone is approachable and easy to talk to. The CEO and executives truly love the product and even they are easy to approach should you need to. The product is great and the best on the market. Although, the market is beginning to change and competition is getting intense. Everyone I have worked with is really smart and you will learn a ton while here.

Cons

There is really only one product to work on and while the scope of that product is always increasing it still is only a single product. We don't have huge AI or ML work, distributed systems work and some other areas that are quickly becoming important in the technology field. If you are okay with the limited scope and available projects, then this isn't really a con. Things have gone down hill considerably in the last 9 months or so. At least, that is how I feel. We have grown a ton and hired a huge number of senior engineers from outside the company. Instead of the career growth I was told about when I accepted the position, I am working on less interesting projects while senior engineers, who were just hired, are getting more interesting work. I assume this is because it is probably cheaper to hire from outside the company than to promote internally. I have spoken to my management team about opportunities and they seem receptive. Although, nothing seems to change. Then there is the complete lack of a working stable build system. The build system is a house of cards. It doesn't seem that much thought was put in to how to scale the build system with the number of engineers. It is now atrocious with a full build taking several hours. It isn't unusual to spend at least 30% (sometimes much more) of your day waiting for builds or trying to get flaky tests to pass. Good luck trying to productive. Pay, as others have mentioned is pretty sub-par. If you want to work here, get a competing offer, otherwise it likely won't be competitive with other major companies. In fact, despite better performance reviews this year than last, raises and equity refreshes were less. Also, not the companies fault but the stock is completely unreliable.

5.0
Jul 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Focus on culture and people is commendable, with good benefits and perks. Technology is up to date and opportunities abound.

Cons

The corporate culture myth -- used to disqualify candidates that could diversify and strengthen the company. Terribly low salaries and stock options while founders get $200 Million each?

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