Tableau Software Software Developer reviews

There are two major issues I have: micromanagement and a brown-nosy culture. Micromanagement: this is the same sentiment you see a lot of other reviews echoing around "growing pains." Back in Tableau's startup days, upper management had say on every decision in product development. Today, they are trying desperately to preserve that, despite the division being nearly 1000-strong. The higher ups are all really smart people and have great ideas, but cannot micromanage EVERY single feature and process anymore; they are unwilling to admit this or change anything. Giving feedback to them or suggesting improvements is largely met with denial or resistance. Culture: Tableau puts a lot of hype into its friendly culture, which is all great and nice except that it encourages a lot of schmoozing. The brown-nosing types definitely get the most visibility, promotions, and big publicity opportunities even if the actual value they deliver is lower. This is because PAs are heavily weighted on how well you exemplify "Tableau culture" which is important but shouldn't be prioritized so much; the result is that a lot of promotions end up being popularity contests OR people who are rude in day-to-day operations but are friendly to managers and participate in lots of morale events or parties. ALSO management seems to be exempt from this and some members are openly rude and will yell or shut you down in meetings without hesitatation.

Not many cons. There's only one real product though so there's a bit less flexibility compared to some larger companies. Switching teams is easy as far as I know but you will still work on the same product.