Datadog reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,613 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 1,613 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
3.0
May 9, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Datadog has built a brilliant business. Truly impressive to see how they sustained and grown their presence post IPO. They innovate and acquire quickly which has lent itself to immense internal growth across all orgs. I think your experience greatly depends on your type of manager. Would have been a really fun company to be at 4 years ago. - Great sales training in terms of MEDDIC, CoM, and deal progression - Incredible product growth and innovation - Well known in the market - Some fun events and team building - Opportunity for promotion (but not without favoritism and bias)

Cons

- Going back into the office 3 days a week, reps feel like they're being babysat. - Extremely white, bro-like "culture"... no diversity in thinking or personality. Heavy drinking at events that is brushed off as "just what sales people do." - Sales thinks they're the only ones that matter in the office and they're extremely siloed from other (extremely valuable) teams within Datadog so it comes off as pompous and uncomfortable... - Flooded commercial org with too many reps and not enough accounts... limited flexibility in getting new accounts once disqualified... Way less than 1/2 of commercial reps hit quota - (some) inexperienced and immature managers that micromanage reps... you'll essentially be a BDR for your manager. If you're looking for a first SDR position, their internal promotion track and training is really great but I would NOT recommend joining Datadog in the Commercial org as an external hire. It's extremely cliquey and corporate-like... You're a cog in the wheel and treated as such.

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Datadog Response
4y
We appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback. We're glad your experience with our innovative product and with our Sales training and enablement was positive. We absolutely want to recognize the constructive feedback you've shared and ensure your sentiments are heard. Diversity and inclusion is something we're incredibly passionate about as a company, and it is behavior that we're working to correct—internally from leadership down through unconscious bias trainings, and externally in partnering our recruiting efforts with organizations and events that service underrepresented communities. We strive to better balance our teams. As a company we place a lot of value in our office culture—the relationships that it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. This is why we operate in a hybrid work environment and ask employees to come into the office three days a week to continue building those relationships we've missed out on in the last 2 years. As we continue to grow, we're constantly reviewing our hiring, processes, and company policies to ensure we're building the best workplace and culture we can for our employees. And while we're never going to be perfect, we will continue to strive to be better. So thank you again for sharing this feedback, it truly helps us see where we have room to improve and grow.
5.0
May 6, 2022

Best Workplace Ever

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Impactful work, great pay & benefits, great culture, lots of growth opportunities.

Cons

None I can think of

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Datadog Response
4y
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide this review. It's great to hear that your experience with Datadog has been positive, and we always aim to continue to improve thanks to your feedback. We are so glad to have you as part of the pack!
5.0
May 5, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You learn quickly why the product is so liked by customers - everyone on engineering uses the product daily, and is comfortable giving feedback in public about how to make the product even better. This short feedback loop + celebration of people that propose and champion bottom-up solutions enables you to have the excitement of a startup with the stability of a publicly traded company with product market fit. - Not resting on its laurels: new product areas are added every year, and each one ties into the platform created by the others, so scope increase doesn't come with a lost of focus. - Culture of supporting each other and continuous learning (employee-led workshops, brown-bag presentations, inviting external speakers) - Opportunities to give back to the community (donation matching, D&I scholarships for students from in underrepresented groups) - Many opportunities to mentor and be mentored - Opportunities for internal mobility for those who are interested in switching into other fields, especially when coming from non-traditional backgrounds - Has been very responsive to COVID concerns, accommodates remote work and health needs, has a reasonable return-to-office policy - Interesting social events between departments that don't just revolve around alcohol and "happy hours" (e.g. pumpkin carving, volunteering, attending sports games, escape rooms)

Cons

- Rapid headcount growth and an cautiousness around strict top-down process can mean that newcomers or new teams can take a while to get acclimated - Standard tech company unlimited PTO concerns - you need to remember to take time off at your own pace, can be easy to forget to do this when some people around you take time off very willingly - If you're not in one of the main time zones for your department, you may have to work irregular (not 9 to 5) to align with your team (this could be a pro depending on your sleeping schedule).

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Datadog Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. We are excited to hear that your experience at Datadog has been so positive across multiple aspects. Meanwhile, we definitely acknowledge the areas of improvements you shared. As we continue to scale rapidly, improving our onboarding experience as well as building an agile internal communication structure have always been top of mind for us. Scaling a global engineering team certainly brings challenges, and we strive to create a workplace where our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. Feedback like this helps us continue to grow and improve our processes, and we appreciate you taking the time to leave this review so that we can continue to learn from our missteps. Thank you once again, and we are lucky to have you in the pack!
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