Can be a great place to work with the right manager - Senior Software Engineer Tanium Employee Review

2.0
26 May 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Very good compensation. Work with smart collegues. Good culture when it is more than just lip-service. Successful business, not afraid to spend money. Good equipment.

Cons

One of Tanium's cultural values is "win as a team", yet when you seek the help from colleagues, it's seen as a weakness. My manager told me "You should already know that". Be prepared to get criticized when your manager doesn't perceive your performance as good enough. This is expected - yet when I asked how to improve my performance, the first answer I got was "software engineering is an art - it's hard to quantify. I can't just tell you how to improve." When I tried to defend my performance and point out how I thought my performance was good, I was treated with hostility, my manager told me " maybe you just don't want to work here." I assured my manager that I would do *anything* I had to to remain working at Tanium. When I was finally put on a performance improvement plan, I thought "great, now I can do what I need to do to satisfy my manager". I was given a month. I wasn't told my job was in jeopardy. In addition to my usual duties, this month included preparing for and giving a presentation at on off-site conference, and working with software engineers on other projects to integrate with the work I was doing. I did what was asked. My efforts were met with hostility. When I pointed out that I had more than double the PR's and commits than the other members of the team over a similar time period, that still wasn't good enough. Apparently it's insubordination to defend yourself. I was still fired. I was set up to fail. The improvement plan was simply an hr checkbox needed to justify firing me.

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5.0
18 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great comp, benefits, work life balance most of the time. Trustworthy leadership and strong direction

Cons

Can be hectic at times with tight deadlines and long hours but is not the norm

3.0
15 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked for Tanium over 5 years and have seen a lot of change. The pace is fast and the teams are small so if you want autonomy and ownership this is a great place to work.

Cons

They're constantly reorging, it would be nice if the exec team could make up their mind on how they want the org structured and stick to it. They tend to do whatever other "hot" companies at the time are doing. The founder still plays a massive role and the c-suite just seem like his puppets. No one wants to be in office and ppl constantly complain but no one in leadership listens. It used to feel like they cared about what the employees say, but now everyone seems beaten down and just does the work so they're not laid off. Pay is also low compared to competitors. You have a decent annual salary but no bonus and no IPO in sight. You'll get RSUs but the price keeps going down with a promise to go back up. I've only seen it go down in my experience so just be mindful that whatever your base salary is (unless you're in sales) is going to be your total earnings.

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