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      Datadog

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      Datadog reviews

      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (1,612 total reviews)
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      Olivier Pomel

      91% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Senior management

      Datadog has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,612 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
      Aug 5, 2021

      Detention for adults, micromanagement, bro culture.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good practice cold calling and building a pipeline, although in terms of sourcing new accounts (which was necessary to succeed) it was almost impossible to fine something that hadn’t already been touched. Also some genuinely nice people.

      Cons

      This is the worst company culture I have ever seen. Micromanagement abounds. Cameras had to be on in 300 person Zooms with the CRO screaming at the top of his lungs. I once shut off my camera for 30 seconds and was almost immediately pinged by my manager to turn it back on - so they are actually just sitting there watching? It felt so icky. At a point they also instituted detention. Yes, they literally called it detention. If you didn’t hit a certain number of meetings booked during the week, you had to sit on a Zoom call from 4:30-5:30 on Fridays. This was the last straw for me. Zero respect across the board. Also, an AE once told me I had to learn to “speak to brown people differently.” He had known me for two months, and felt totally comfortable just spitting that out. So toxic, and insanely high turnover so at least people know to jump ship. I feel so bad for kids coming right out of college that have never experienced anything else - this is not how all jobs are guys!!

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      Datadog Response
      4y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback, and we're sorry to hear about these aspects of your experience at Datadog. Our hope is that all Datadogs will utilize our various feedback mechanisms to ensure that they’re providing us with input on their day-to-day experiences so we can look into any concerns and put in place any necessary improvements. We strive for a culture of continuous improvement and learning so we continue to add leadership trainings across the company to equip our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are top of mind at Datadog; various internal programs and trainings have been launched to drive awareness and we recently launched Community Guilds to foster allyship across the company. Creating an amazing employee experience is a top priority for us and we appreciate your feedback as an input into that important goal.
      2.0
      Aug 4, 2021

      Depends on you!

      Enterprise sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Best monitoring solution in cloud. The solution update is so quickly.

      Cons

      Too strong HQ control. No decisions in local. Strong “White people” culture.

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      Datadog Response
      4y
      Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. We strive to foster a culture where everyone feels they can succeed and grow, and we're sincerely sorry that wasn't the overall experience you had with us at Datadog. Feedback like this helps us continue to grow and improve as we seek to become a better and more inclusive company for our employees, and we're actively launching manager trainings to help better arm our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals to mitigate any micromanagement or road blockers as we navigate this hyper-growth environment we're now in. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review, and will do all we can to continue improving as a company and department every day.
      5.0
      Aug 3, 2021

      Exciting and worthwhile company to grow at

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Friendly and casual tech-culture vibes - Very intelligent and collaborative peers - Unlimited PTO and remote work - Compensation is competitive and generous

      Cons

      - Slight growing/scaling pains - Meetings can be abundant and not always necessary - Individuals can be slow to change in certain functions

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      Datadog Response
      4y
      We appreciate you taking the time to leave your feedback, and are excited that you've found our collaborative, friendly and open culture one in which you can continue to grow and excel in. We're scaling as a company incredibly fast and appreciate your patience as we navigate some growing pains, as this can take some time. We are working hard to establish processes that will help propel us to the next level and beyond. Thank you for your candor as feedback like this helps us understand both what we're doing well and where we still have room to improve. We're glad to have you on the Datadog team!
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