Great work-life balance, but uncertain future after layoffs - Systems Engineer Cloudflare Employee Review

4.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance, never felt pressured to work late by my team. Amazing people in talent and personality - very friendly. Generally try to do what's right.

Cons

Had a recent round of layoffs that felt contradictory to their "do what's right" value, so unsure of future.

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5.0
1 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good culture and strong talent

Cons

Expectation to manage up and extremely fast paced environment

4.0
8 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very interesting and engaging work. Lots of smart people work there so you will learn a lot. It's place to learn industry best practices. Stock usually performs well so compensation is pretty good if you live in cheaper areas like Austin.

Cons

Stressful at times. On-call can be rough. Product demands can be rough. Lots of pressure to ship new things even if mounds of tech debt exist and make shipping riskier, all just to meet customer contract commitment deadlines. Detailed testing and vetting of new features could improve too. I think the comp is less sustainable for more expensive places like New York and SF

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