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Software Architect
Current Employee
Has worked at Tableau for less than 1 year
May 31, 2022
3.0
Neutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
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 is 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.

Advice to Management

Don't attempt to digest Tableau into Salesforce. Spin it off as part of a new creative business platform before it becomes the 2020s equivalent of Nokia. Or sell it to Microsoft (un-ironically), who understands the space Tableau is in and could use a lot of creativity there.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
2.0

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