Needless bureaucracy and reporting. - TAM Tanium Employee Review

2.0
Jun 4, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Outstanding software sometimes plagued by bugs caused by rush to release, but this is improving. Super smart TAM organization - everyone of them will go to the wall to support the customer. Hardest working admin staff I've ever seen. Very high-touch, but that's required for the complexity of the product. Very generous compensation, and you earn every penny of it. I love the free lunches.

Cons

No end to the daily, weekly, and monthly reports, most of which are completely unnecessary if they trusted the employees to behave like adults. Although most direct management is very understanding when life gets in the way, you are still expected to perform at peak levels somehow. People are often peer-pressured into working during vacations and other life events.

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5.0
May 18, 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
Jun 15, 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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