Datadog reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,620 total reviews)
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Olivier Pomel

91% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Datadog has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,620 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Datadog employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Mar 26, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The company itself is very cool, good office locations, free food, great benefits and the perks of having Datadog on your resume will set you up for success. Individual contributors are amazing and I loved hanging with my coworkers.

Cons

None of the benefits matter when you are not cared for and given tools to succeed. Account Execs in Denver have no opportunity to be successful because of first line managers that do not support them. I continually asked for help and was hit with “what do you think you should do?” which made me not want to ask for help anymore because it often resulted in zero guidance and direction. There is constant blame on “not working hard enough” but strategies constantly change and it feels as if you are just riding the wave of whatever method worked for one person one time last week. They claim 70% of reps hit quota and that’s so false. In an org of 35 reps about 3 hit quota. Very transactional sales cycle so if you are ok with hitting the phones hard then this could be a good fit. If you are relationship focused, be aware. Promised flexibility in interviews but got told not to go to doctors appointments during the day. In office days changed and they would randomly ask people to come in another day of the week (already did 3 days and had to pay for parking) so there wasn’t a ton of predictability. I have never been in an environment where my mental health was so bad. If you want to be successful, go somewhere else. they don’t have the desire to take care of their people. They will bring you in, give you barely any training and put you on a PIP 6 months in. Read the reviews, I wish someone would have been honest with me.

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Datadog Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We're happy to hear about what you enjoyed in your time at Datadog; we're also disappointed to hear your concerns. This is not the culture that we strive for. Supporting our employees is of top priority for us, and it drives much of the ongoing work in the organization. We continue to focus on manager development so they can better guide and lead their teams, and we continue to refine our sales processes to improve on effectiveness and efficiency. We appreciate this feedback, and we will take this into account as we continue to evolve. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
4.0
Mar 24, 2023

Great company and product to be involved with

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people and culture within teams and among peers. Everyone is very helpful to each other.

Cons

Management is becoming out of touch with the reality. There seems to be a big focus around numbers lately and the expectations are not reasonable anymore.

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Datadog Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us - we're happy to hear that you're enjoying our overall culture. We also appreciate your feedback on where we can continue to improve, and we encourage you to speak with your People Business Partner on your management concerns, so that we can work together to create tangible solutions.
5.0
Mar 23, 2023

Great Culture

Recommend
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Pros

Very warm and welcoming culture, lots of learnings around it infrastructure.

Cons

relatively low pay compared to similarly sized tech companies and roles on the same level. Reaching Quota is almost impossible depending on market you are in. Quota is the same for everyone no matter if you work Israel or France.

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Datadog Response
3y
We're so happy to know that you're enjoying #DatadogLife. We appreciate your feedback on where we can continue to improve in the Sales organization and thank you for your review.
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