Good but could be better - Software Engineer Datadog Employee Review

4.0
Jun 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- fitness stipend, snacks, office is nice - coworkers generally are nice - PTO policy is great - never had mass layoffs

Cons

- abysmal eng tooling - hard to really know how well you are doing - budget cuts following the mass layoffs in other companies led to drastically reduced quality of life

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback - both what you enjoy as well as where we have room to improve. We appreciate your continued impact on the team!

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