Is Datadog a good company to work for?

Datadog has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,936 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Datadog to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Datadog have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , SWE Intern and Sales Engineer .

Does Datadog pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Datadog employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Datadog. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Datadog?

75% of Datadog employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Datadog 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Datadog?

Account Executive (184) , Commercial Account Executive (152) , Software Engineer (118) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (109) , Senior Software Engineer (54) , Sales (44) , Enterprise Account Executive (42) , Sales Engineer (42) , Customer Success Manager (40) , Software Engineer II (40) , Software Engineer(Internship) (34) , Technical Support Engineer (34) , Sales Development Representative (26) , Recruiter (25) , Solutions Engineer (25)

What are the pros of working at Datadog according to real employee reviews?

"I really enjoyed working at Datadog because the culture is great and the work I did was meaningful." ((in 210 reviews)); "Working with great people and in a fast growing company really gives you motivation and satisfaction." ((in 161 reviews)); "great benefits including lunch and fitness coverage" ((in 135 reviews)); "great office in the center with alot of activities" ((in 62 reviews)); "Good work / life balance" ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Datadog according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, lack of empathy, depending on the team you are on, you get treated differently" ((in 72 reviews)); "Senior Manager: "We'd like to see more of your work and impact on our unit."" ((in 36 reviews)); "Low salary and RTO is part of your performance review." ((in 25 reviews)); "401k match could be improved" ((in 17 reviews)); "Upper management leans lazily on KPIs and cares little for employee satisfaction." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Datadog layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Datadog layoffs and their outlook for job security at Datadog in 2026.

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Datadog reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(450 total reviews)

Olivier Pomel

92% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

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3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

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1.0

May 22, 2023

Sales stay away

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Very good product that outperforms competitors in the space.

Cons

This sales organization is a sweatshop. Management treats their AE’s like children and is unbelievably out of touch. You will be required to be in office early and leave late. Extremely frowned upon to leave at the normal time. Very frat bro type culture with constant negativity and hate towards anyone who doesn’t fit their ideology of a rep. Accounts and territories have been churned dozens of times and every account has had 5+ reps already draining it. Extremely hard to hit number for 75% of AE’s. You will get absolutely zero work life balance here. Feels almost like an internship. Consistent threats of losing your job by management if you are not performing. Your activity will be tracked and you will be reprimanded if you do not have slack open and respond within minutes. Off the clock harassment from upper management to work on accounts including weekends. STAY AWAY

Datadog Response

3y

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're sorry that this was your experience with us on the Sales team. Ensuring that our employees are appropriately supported in their roles is important to us, and we're disappointed that this wasn't your experience. We do not tolerate bullying or threats and hope that all Datadogs take this to their People Business Partner should they encounter it. We know that you are no longer with us, but if there is any further information you would like to provide, you can do so anonymously by contacting our third-party provider EthicsPoint at https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/52231/index.html.

4.0

May 18, 2023

Interesting job, nice people, limited growth opportunity

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very interesting set of problems to work on. * Most teams are very nice and easy to talk to, mostly good company culture. * Decent compensation. * A lot of very talented people to work with.

Cons

Only a select few get promotions beyond Senior Software Engineer. Once you want to get promoted to a Staff Engineer, you're told that for that position you have to work on large multi-team problems, but you're not given time to do that because you're still a Senior Engineer and have to work on firefighting and regular stuff. Very disappointing for me.

Datadog Response

3y

Thank you for taking the time to share your review. We're happy to know that you enjoy working alongside your team. Enabling our employees to grow and progress within Datadog is a key focus for us, and we encourage you to share these concerns with your manager and People Business Partner so that we can work together to find the right solutions for you and ensure we support your growth.

5.0

May 11, 2023

I'm new but enjoying it so far

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company culture at Datadog

Cons

Can be hard to enable myself bc pace of development is so rapid

Datadog Response

3y

We're happy to hear that you're enjoying #DatadogLife! We want all Datadogs to feel confident in their role and encourage you to discuss the support you need with your manager, during and beyond your onboarding period.

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