Cloudera

This is a company with high ambitions in a territory with strong concurrence. It has matured a lot in the last 5 years, going from a start-up-like, sometimes chaotic feeling (everyone does everything) to a company with structure and separated responsibilities. The hierarchy is still rather flat.

Pears in my team at least are bright and motivated. Aka, we are in one boat, and it does make a difference. All are very helpful; you can ask them for help at any time. The work of colleagues is acknowledged, and there are career progression possibilities. They are not free, however. It does not come with time or age; one has to put in tremendous effort, but it is noted by managers.

The company is on rough waters right now, like many others. There was a round of layoffs.

Dialogue between different teams is not so great, and that is visible on the product unfortunately; it is cluttered.

There are efforts to make it better, but there is still ample room for improvement. Overall, however, this is also changing slowly, with new managers realizing the shortcomings of nose-down focusing on their own team's product only.

Though salary is still great, the replacement for stocks is something similar to stock options, and that is not nearly as attractive.