Mission-driven work environment - Anonymous Duolingo Employee Review

5.0
Sep 16, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The Duolingo culture is incredibly special. Everyone is genuinely kind, passionate about Duolingo's mission and super smart. I love working with cross-functional, collaborative teams. My manager is quite supportive and I feel there are tons of opportunities for growth at the company, especially as I am at a more junior level.

Cons

Being a relatively small company, we lack certain systematized processes and documentation that would help us do our jobs as well as possible. However, this is to be expected at the company's current stage. We are experiencing some growing pains as we rapidly hire and create new teams, but are actively working on how to scale effectively.

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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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.

3.0
Apr 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1. Great, and I mean great people 2. PTO policy very generous and unlimited sick time 3. Pretty flexible hours and the offices themselves are nice. 4. Super good for new grads, do your time for a couple years then move on.

Cons

1. Pittsburgh is the worst city I’ve ever had to live in. If that’s your assigned office good luck trying to transfer. No ability for remote work even temporary for legitimate family reasons. 2. Promos are based on favoritism. If you’re saddled with a bad manager you get a bad review for no reason. If your manager doesn’t like you, they will complain to others on the team about you behind your back.

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