Datadog reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,616 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 1,616 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
2.0
Sep 24, 2022

Bad management exerts too much pressure

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Opportunity to work with a lot of different work-groups

Cons

No growth Unequal distribution of responsibilities Micro management No mentorship Not inclusive No work/life balance

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Datadog Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your candid feedback with us. Career growth and progression is a key focus for Datadog, and we promote from within whenever possible. We provide training and resources for employees to utilize when having development conversations with their managers, and we have multiple training programs for our people managers to make sure we are coaching and providing feedback to employees appropriately. We make sure that each Datadog is paired with a mentor and a buddy, and we are currently piloting a company-wide mentorship program. Encouraging a culture of belonging and inclusivity is very important to us - we have cross-functional Community Guilds (ERGs) and department-specific affinity guilds to help our employees voice ideas, share experiences, and feel included. We consistently receive employee survey feedback that Datadog supports a positive work/life balance across teams, and feel this is a strong asset of the company. We appreciate your continued impact at Datadog, and thank you for highlighting these concerns. We strongly encourage you to speak with your People Business Partner to share specific concerns so that we can work to address these together.
1.0
Sep 23, 2022

Unfair

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Pros

Great product Free snacks Lunch 3 times a week

Cons

My experience at Datadog has been nothing short of terrible no matter how hard I worked. I was consistently booking meeting with companies that were either too small or a poor fit which resulted in no opportunities being created and no commission for myself. We are told to play the cards we are dealt but it seems like across the organization there is some serious issues with how accounts are being sourced/distributed. I was constantly being cheated out of money and talked down to by upper management. A lot of the Sales Managers and Account Executives are hardly even capable of doing what some of the SDRs are able to do. However, since we are at the bottom of the food chain and subject to the toxic gossip and office politics that occurs at Datadog.. we are often the ones blamed. I’ve learned a lot at Datadog before leaving. I attribute none of this to mentorship, it was self taught and I pushed myself as hard as I could. A lot of shady things going on in management right now because they know something is wrong. People are leaving in droves and I don’t blame them, people being promoted are favorites and not based on actual skill/knowledge. Don’t be fooled by the cool swag packs - the culture and actual care for employees here is horrendous.

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Datadog Response
3y
First and foremost, we're sorry that you had this experience while at Datadog. We do not tolerate bullying and hope that all Datadogs take this to their People Business Partner should they encounter it. We will be sure this is passed along to the team and looked into. As a fast scaling business, we are always conscious of the impact on our evolving culture from individuals who join and leave. There are times when that impact is greater than we anticipate, and we are working hard to make sure that that does not reflect poorly on the constructive and collaborative environment we aim to maintain. We will be addressing these issues internally with our leadership team to better understand where this is happening, and why. Our commitment to that constructive and collaborative environment is unchanged, and we will work to ensure our manager training and development is kept updated and relevant for our identified needs. We understand that shifting to a hybrid model after two years of full-time remote work may be challenging for some. However, we do believe that a hybrid workplace experience is the best option to encourage the innovation and collaboration that happens in person. Should there be an extenuating circumstance, we highly encourage all to work with their Manager and People Business Partner to identify a workable solution. We understand that mental health is serious and again, we encourage our employees to speak with their Manager and People Business Partner to discuss any concerns they may have. We also offer numerous benefits to support our employees' mental health and highly encourage employees to take advantage of the resources available, as well as simply taking time off to recharge. We certainly do not want anyone to be forfeiting their health and wellbeing and want to work with each Datadog to ensure all feel properly supported to do their best work. Know that your feedback has been heard, and we will ensure these topics continue to be addressed so we can continue to improve, learn, and grow as an organization.
4.0
Sep 22, 2022

Great place for new sales people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong sales culture Intelligent leadership

Cons

Strong sales culture Very demanding work

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Datadog Response
3y
We're happy to have you as part of the pack! Our Sales organization is imperative to our growth and we are continuously looking for opportunities to improve upon processes to further enable our teams. We value you, the remarkable work you do, and the impact you have at Datadog.
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