I know that the leadership said they planned to notify people yesterday, but it would be nice to get a confirmation that it's over. I'm up at the crack of dawn because I can't stop stressing over this. Being laid off right now is my biggest fear. I... — read more
Splunk to lay off 4% of its staff in latest sign of software cutbacks Provided by Dow Jones
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20230201323/splunk-to-lay-off-4-of-its-staff-in-latest-sign-of-software-cutbacks Move will impact about 325 Splunk employees Splunk Inc. intends to lay off about 4% of its staff as cutbacks in the... — read more
True disaster of a company
Nepotism- elitism- for one big joke
obituary - beeootch dead another NEW shareholder lawsuit for securities fraud
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/splunk-board-faces-investor-lawsuit-over-layoffs-cost-cutting An investor sued Splunk Inc.'s current and former senior leaders, blaming them for potential securities fraud liability stemming from an... — read more
PS team is rare bright spot at Splunk
Splunk is a bit uneasy right now but the PS team is a rare team that has their sh#t together.
What would be your advice?
Many companies now have a hiring freeze and I was worried that I would have to stay here for a while, but nevertheless, the effort paid off and I managed to get an offer. There are probably those who are very comfortable here, but it was a terrible... — read more
splunk chief people officer is gone
What happened to Kristen R? Bad omen two head of HR gone in 3 years. Her exec profile deleted. https://www.splunk.com/en_us/about-splunk/leadership.html
Corrupted BILL HUSTAD
Finally one of the most corrupted leader of Splunk leaves the company. Bill Hustad was given the partner organization two years ago and has not driven anything except promoting and supporting a channel team manipulating partner deals resulting in one... — read more
What is good about staying here
Genuine question - besides a paycheck, which can come from anywhere
another failed exec flees
Jeremy Rishel SVP / Head of Engineering. Keep in coming!!
Carlson & Bice: Leadership failures
Teresa Carlson and Shawn Bice leave a wake of damage, inaction and complete inability to lead. They should only work for massive companies where their lack of talent is supported by massive organizations that make them look good and their lack of... — read more
Dumpster Fire
awful leadership continuing to point fingers and back-stab in a sinking ship :D
Splunk Layoffs 2022
What do we expect? How deep will the cuts be?
stock price plunges to $90 per share.
I'm so excited
HQ for sale -San Francisco
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2022/05/06/splunk-list-sf-headquarters-for-lease.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo
Shut it down already
The stock was suppose to have gone up with the new CEO but it just crashed on last Friday. The company is over due to mismanagement and incompetence by both leadership and individual contributors. The government and shareholders should investigate as... — read more
Change is coming-for the better
It really feels like the tide is shifting. Grateful that TC is GONE. Sad about how Doug was handled but he let in terrible leadership. Gary seems like the real deal and I am hopeful. Leaning in to be a part of the change and hoping it pays off.
APAC Splunk any good?
How is sales and marketing in APAC Splunk? Cheers.
it's over
The former head of cloud at splunk Sendur Sellakumar who had no cloud experience and assisted the company in running it into the grounds flees along with Teresa Carlson President of sales growth who came from AWS last year. So many people had a hand... — read more
Depressing
how did this place become so bad seemingly so fast? when did it start?
Have you already started looking?
Judging by Cisco's acquisitions so far, I can't say anything good about this one. That would be a nail in the coffin for Splunk. I'm just thinking, is it better for me to look for an alternative now, or wait a little longer and see what happens next? — read more
Anxious about the buyout
My personal opinion is that neither Splunk nor Cisco will be better off if a buyout happens. Moreover, it is not at all clear to me why Cisco's leadership thought that a takeover of Splunk was a good idea. Any thoughts?
As stated here many times before legacy tech company Cisco makes offer for Splunk
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/12/tech/cisco-splunk-takeover/index.html Network gear maker Cisco (CSCO) Systems has made a takeover offer worth more than $20 billion for software maker Splunk (SPLK), The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday... — read more
Change compensation for P3 and below?
Any thoughts about the email? Why do they choose to do that?
AWS Egos are out of control
Seriously cannot believe that Doug brought such narcissistic people to Splunk! Out of control egos who clearly give two craps about us
I guess my only question is why is Splunk so bad
it is completely and utterly convoluted with friends hiring friend who are hiring friends and hiring their friends. EVERYWHERE
Does anyone know what’s going on
We still don’t have a real CEO and no one cares. All management is broken
Stock won't stop Splunking
I'm out.
EMEA south
I will join splunk in EMEA South shortly. Any feedback about the team ?
Cuts in the next few weeks
Is it true there might be some cuts in the next few weeks?
Stepping stone
I barely somehow lasted two years here. I tried to learn as much as possible and ignore all the bad vibes. In the end, the only thing this company is good for is to serve as a stepping stone toward something better. I don't know anyone who didn't... — read more
What is your reason for leaving?
The reason I intend to give notice in a few days is management. I worked in a few other companies that had poor and unprofessional management, but here it is even worse. If we were to do a survey, I believe management would be the number one... — read more
Will it get better now?
I'm interested in what you think: is there any hope that the new CEO will make things better or is it that for things to improve in this company the toxicity levels need to be reduced?
Job Advice - Splunk Renewal Cloud Rep
I work as a renewal specialist for another technology company and was approached by a recruiter to work at Splunk. I was excited because the pay is $8K higher than what I make currently but have concerns after seeing the stock price (and comments on... — read more