There are at least 2 class action shareholder lawsuits related to securities fraud that skunk has to settle. I'm assuming cisco has calculated these costs into their offer. It's a headache to resolve because they inherit all lawsuits and liabilities. —  read more 

Deal is planned to close Q3/2024. In mean time Splunk has enough time to cleanup/trim their Employee base to make the aquisition more attractive for Cisco. With result these people will be layed-off before close and don't get any benefit from their... —  read more 

Long time Cisco employee here. I started as part of an acquisition. A word of advice: Drag your feet on every integration to cisco tools, services, and experiences, and jump to a new Cisco team at your first opportunity. Cisco buys acquisitions... —  read more 

/cisco-systems

By Cisco... fun times ahead. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cisco-to-acquire-splunk-to-help-make-organizations-more-secure-and-resilient-in-an-ai-powered-world-301934777.html

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Splunk-RVW26386982.htm 0 May 30, 2019 Most Disgusting Place to Work Anonymous Employee Former Employee Recommend CEO Approval Business Outlook Pros The benefits are good enough. Cons An... —  read more 

Wow. Spot on. Had to share. https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Splunk-RVW75686688.htm A Sinking Ship of Incompetence and Disappointment Product Manager Former Employee, more than 3 years Seattle, WA Recommend CEO... —  read more 

Anyone know details?

My experience at splunk was a terrible one. So as I leave soon, I figured I would put pen to paper. I’ve worked at 5-6 big techs and the US govt. Splunk is by far the lowest and most messed up of all I’ve experienced in 25 years. And there is no... —  read more 

I have never posted on here, but heard of this site from one of my employees. I am a gold partner of splunk's with over 20 years of tech/security and splunk exp. Never in my time have I experienced the arrogance I come across or just the d-mb... —  read more 

Speaking to some colleagues from the company I was at before Splunk, I was pleasantly reminded of a story with one of my managers at splunk. I was going down to see a customer contact. The customer contact told us several times he could meet myself... —  read more 

Spot on from someone there for 5 years….not 17 days. Even funnier. Like only one good thing about working there. RIP Splunk. Pros Pay - Benefits - Work Life Balance Cons Zero opportunities for promotion. - Internal opportunities are limited. -... —  read more 

Go to splunk, here for few months, asked to get into class trip mode on a trip and to all and get on that site to all know where everyone is coming in from to all get an Uber together. Like, never in my tech career was a company trying to be so cheap... —  read more 

I remember several years ago they had some stipend for employees to get 400-500 a quarter to get massages or therapy cause splunkers were so stressed out from “working” (partying, getting high); now I wonder how the shareholders of a publicly traded... —  read more 

Leaving Splunk this month. I tried to bring my issue up t to HR and I was made to feel like the problem and the person who caused the issues. Instead it was a manager who was the perp. All Splunk HR did was question me and ask me if I was sure this... —  read more 

https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/former-google-and-visa-exec-joins-splunk-as-cto/ Splunk Appoints Min Wang as Chief Technology Officer Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), the cybersecurity and observability leader, today announced Min Wang as Chief... —  read more 

Shocker…. Splunk no longer publishes pricing information so prospective buyers should contact the company for a quote. Splunk offers legacy ingest pricing in addition to entity pricing and workload pricing. Workload pricing is being positioned as... —  read more 

how did this place become so bad seemingly so fast? when did it start?

Recently on CNN they were doing a documentary about the Heaven's Gate tragedy. With all the black garb, mindless chatter, sheeple mentality, and overall weirdness....I swore I was back at Splunk or at .conf20. I was cracking up.

joined splunk this year after being with my prior employer for a decade. splunk lured me away for about 40% more money. i get here and i get this sense with the tees on zooms, this horse being shoved everywhere, and well, what i have come to feel is... —  read more 

How many people here got “promotions and titles” just because we pay them Pennies like Poland and India? NEWS FLASH- YOU AINT THAT SMART- you are cheap

it is completely and utterly convoluted with friends hiring friend who are hiring friends and hiring their friends. EVERYWHERE

PLEASE READ BEFORE JUMPING INTO THIS MESS!!! // Avoid at all cost Spain and France. Worst management EVER. Authoritarian, abusive and disrespectful style that makes look MAD MEN a paradise. Trust me there is no $$$$$ that compensates going... —  read more 

Been at splunk for a while and notice things are going in a certain direction. Kind of in a good way to stop the old guard from abuse. Do yourself a favor. Be a good person. If you’re noticing that you’re being abused or harassed or someone you work... —  read more 

Non stop firings and layoffs and toxic work place at splunk. I finna do 0n!yf@ns.

there is this page where companies self report to the government when they will have layoff. in California the requirement is 60 days in advance. Found it here https://edd.ca.gov/en/Jobs_and_Training/Layoff_Services_WARN Splunk is listed as going to... —  read more 

Absolutely love that after YoY losses, caught doctoring guidance, hiring anyone that can read, and a number of waste middle managers, people feel comfortable telling you what is really going on at this disaster….keep turning that blind eye and you’ll... —  read more 

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 

Prior to a private equity acquisition there is heavy cost cutting. In a few months time it will be announced.

Nepotism- elitism- for one big joke

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 

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 

It’s time

Splunk is a bit uneasy right now but the PS team is a rare team that has their sh#t together.

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 

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 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