Would not recommend as a place to work - Anonymous employee MongoDB Employee Review

1.0
Jun 28, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The product itself is excellent. There are some really nice people who work here but unfortunately they tend to get overlooked when it comes to promotions, compensation increases etc. so don't tend to stay too long.

Cons

-A very ruthless, toxic male dominated sales culture. -The company does not undergo a full 360 degree review with regards to manager review and promotions, so often the wrong people are promoted & rewarded which creates a lot of dissatisfaction & attrition. -Leadership team are not authentic. A bunch of sales and recruiting staff were laid off earlier in the year. MongoDB tried to disguise these lay offs as staff being fired due to poor performance. The level of compensation and support the impacted staff received was appalling.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

The early talent team does a fantastic job supporting interns and making the transition from college to full-time comfortable. Team's truly do care for you

Cons

Felt like there was a lot changes happening at the executive level

2.0
Mar 23, 2026
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Pros

Most benefits are solid, exception being no matching 401K which is kind of insane for tech. Embraces the use of AI for all employees.

Cons

MongoDB is extremely dysfunctional from a marketing POV. The functional silos built a culture of no collaboration and just checking boxes of doing the same things over and over again. Leadership at the MLT level is out of their depth for what the business needs out of marketing to grow. There is arrogance encouraged by a bully CMO who has her favorites that can be held to different standards than others and it is abundantly clear. That attitude trickles down into all of MLT and never really offer solutions, just criticisms. Pay is lower than other companies for the same role. Lack of clarity of what it takes to get a promotion. Blatant disregard for Employee Engagement surveys that have been on a decline for years that leadership takes no ownership on improving.

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