Big product potential - working out the dual location operational kinks - Anonymous employee MongoDB Employee Review

3.0
Nov 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Effective, easy to use, low cost open source database. Went to first MongWorld and was clear that MANY customers LOVE the product and are doing powerful things with the database. New York office seemed to have pretty good morale. Think there is potential for a healthy business model, but will just take some time given the nature of open source. Great office locations in Manhattan and downtown Palo Alto.

Cons

Dual headquarters (NY & Palo Alto) did not really work. Ended with Palo Alto office being more of a satellite rather than a second HQ. New executive leadership is more traditional enterprise software - will be interesting to see over time how it mixes with the founding open source culture.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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