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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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jan 29, 2017

Not what it used to be

Recommend
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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.

5.0
Jan 27, 2017

Great workplace and job, lowish pay

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture, good people, good software, great job

Cons

Tableau's salaries seem to be lower than comparable jobs elsewhere. They make up for this with other perks, but the base salary is lower.

3.0
Jan 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of opportunity to make a significant difference. A skilled person could make themselves indispensable and advance in a relatively short period of time. Great office facilities and work environment.

Cons

Significant tech debt, especially in the developer workflow. 2 clashing cultures/styles (old microsoft and new "internet") which has hindered progress in addressing some fundamental issues but progress is being made. To many technical implementation decisions made at a level above where the actual work is done without adequately consulting or including subject matter experts. This tends to result in poor expectation setting which potentially sets one up for failure and certainly can be frustrating but ultimately can be overcome if one is vocal enough.

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