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Tableau Software Software Developer reviews

3.7

82% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)
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Mark Nelson

87% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Tableau Software with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Tableau Software is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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56 reviews
2.0
Feb 7, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great life / work balance, great benefits, People are generally nice and smiley. Very easy to "be ahead" of others technically.

Cons

Won't be learning anything Managers are just buffers, they won't be able to take action. There will be a lot of watching your screen while it builds, and lots of figuring out why the standard setup that was working yesterday won't work anymore.

3.0
Jan 29, 2017

Not what it used to be

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall, folks here are sharp and friendly, helpful, and fun to work with. The pay is good, benefits are top-notch, and there are snacks in kitchen (though these have been significantly reduced over past 1.5 years). Good work-life balance overall. The product is first-class and the customers are passionate about it. It's hard to beat working on something that folks are so grateful for.

Cons

Things have changed for the worse here in the past couple of years, especially as the growth has slowed. The perks are decreasing -- less food/lower quality food in the kitchens, fewer folks able to attend the customer conference, and those who do have to double-up in rooms (who wants to share a room with a random coworker??), no holiday party. There's now a prevalent attitude of "not my job/problem" and siloing, rather than people focusing on customer/company success. Bad hires/promotions have hurt the culture, and there a number of ineffective (and actively harmful) middle managers. Top-level management in the dev org is disengaged and inaccessible, often sitting in their offices behind closed doors. Overall there's a lack of accountability for decisions and outcomes, most noticeably from top management. Attrition is on the uptick, and it's easy to see why. Hopefully at some point it will serve as a wake-up call.

4.0
Nov 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work environment, people help each other out, no politics unlike other software companies.

Cons

Development is hard since tools available are hard to use.

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