Quality culture but can't hire fast enough - Anonymous employee Datadog Employee Review

4.0
Nov 4, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Culture, Comp (stock), Office and people

Cons

We can't hire fast enough to keep up with everything going on. Creates strain on team members & burn-out

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Datadog Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review. A top priority for leadership right now is actively building out Datadog's own Recruiting team in order to keep up with the speed and scale at which we're aiming to hire onto our teams in this hypergrowth environment. Thank you for this feedback, and know it's an area we're actively working to scale to avoid any strain as we continue our aim in fostering a culture where people feel they can do their best work.

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