Amazing place to work - Anonymous employee Duolingo Employee Review

5.0
Jun 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Duolingo is full of self-driven individuals who are very intelligent, creative, and personable. - Everyone has the opportunity to make a large impact. - Great ideas go from conception to implementation very quickly. - Continuing education is strongly encouraged. - The main office is extremely conducive to getting work done. It's open, airy, has plenty of sunlight, and is quiet throughout most of the day. - The benefits and organized events are top-notch.

Cons

One of the downsides of having so many driven people in a company is that most of us work a little too much, but we definitely have a lot of fun doing it!

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5.0
May 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mission, smart and kind people, great work, hard working teams focused on results and delivering against an awesome mission. People push themselves and each other to learn and grow. Swarms of smart and creative problem solvers.

Cons

Small number of people are unhappy and instead of leaving they complain. A lot. I think it's like this everywhere but in a smaller company you feel it.

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good culture, great product, strong sense of ownership at all levels

Cons

Senior leadership has not found their rhythm. CEO calls pretty much all the shots. Engineering leadership is often invisible and lacks a cohesive tech strategy. Tech debt runs incredibly hot at this company and it often takes a major outage (did I mention CEO frequently joins the war rooms?) to get anything prioritized.

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