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Tableau Software

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Tableau Software reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,146 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 1,146 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
3.0
May 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tableau has wonderful people who've built some really amazing products, and a very creative and caring fan base. There are some very interesting challenges at this time to work on as well. They pay decently well, and have good but not great benefits (i.e., Salesforce vs say Google, Facebook or Microsoft).

Cons

The Salesforce acquisition. SF is not creative and an online only business, Tableau is a desktop and server business with online extensions existing in a creative space. SF doesn't understand either context and will destructively copy Tableau into whatever it thinks Tableau should be. Until Salesforce finishes this process there will be a huge amount of chaos, ambiguity, and churn. People will leave at a high rate, context will drain and you'll have something completely new once complete. Luckily they've put into place a hiring freeze to spare new folks this experience.

1.0
May 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tableau is a software company with so much potential but not taking full advantage of it. Good place to introduce yourself to the tech/software world. Good work-life balance, monthly wellness perks, and flexibility of working remotely.

Cons

Inadequate compensation. Commission/Quotas are not paid out as scheduled. Renewal Management team in Austin is laughable. High-turnover rate.

4.0
Mar 5, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The facilities (at least in Seattle) are incredible. Everything is modernized, there are tons of free snacks, beverages, and even food to cook. Will be hard to find an employer with better facilities than Tableau. The benefits are also amazing compared to other places I have worked. Finally, the product itself is AWESOME. Both on the sales and the development side, there is a mutual passion to continue to see the product grow and succeed.

Cons

Pay is probably one of the biggest cons. You will not be pinching pennies by any means, but they are not anywhere as competitive as the other tech companies in the greater Seattle area. Frankly, they don't care and I don't blame them because they have a line of people around the block ready to work for them in a heartbeat. The stock grants are also very underwhelming both when you join, and during yearly reviews even with flying colors. Growth is another big issue here. They promise the world when it comes to growth, and do not deliver. It was so bad after I left that some folks on Enterprise moved to Commercial (SMB) to have any shot of getting higher up in Enterprise one day. The culture (sales side) is also extremely cheesy. We're talking spin the wheel, ring the gong, hoo-rah type of cheesy. Many pointless weekly meetings on "grit" and role plays that are nowhere close to what real customer conversations consist of. If you speak out against it, or try to focus on your own path of getting things done, good luck. You have to drink the kool-aid to have any shot of moving up here. Flexibility is also a big reason people leave. You basically have to be in every day barring some unique circumstance, and don't even think of asking to work from home around the holidays (including Christmas and New Year's Eve).

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