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GoDaddy Database Administrator reviews

5.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)
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Aman Bhutani

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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5.0

Culture & values

5.0

Diversity & inclusion

5.0

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5.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Senior management

4.0

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6 reviews
5.0
Mar 24, 2021

Great place to work

Database administrator
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits/pay, flexible time off. Wfh flexibility.

Cons

Hard to get promotions. Not quite as fun as it used to be.

2.0
Nov 30, 2016

WAS a good place to work.

Database administrator
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay Good benefits Nice to have a large tech company in AZ Good place to build experience

Cons

Company culture went downhill because of the buy out/IPO. Most long-term managers forced out. Massive cronyism with new management. In the old days the company was very good about promoting from within. Not anymore. Tons of new hires at the VP+ level so them and their bros can cash out on the IPO. Tech departments are very bureaucratic. If you figure out a better way to do something, good for you, no one is listening. Massive technical debt that no one upstairs cares about paying. Well, if they do care, no one will give you the resources to do anything about it. I almost forgot. The performance review process is arbitrary and upper management manipulates it to avoid giving raises. Reviews can get downgraded if your team/department has "too many" good reviews. Preemptive rebuttal: I know this is true about reviews, I witnessed it firsthand.

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GoDaddy Response
9y
First of all Thanks for your feedback. We do take them seriously. Since I joined almost 4 years ago I did see a lot of transformation at GoDaddy, I can say that we have improved on several fronts but there is always opportunity to continue to improve. I would like to briefly address a few points from your feedback. We have actually reduced bureaucracy tremendously in several parts of engineering life and added a lot of velocity on development to major products. Today an engineer is empowered to push to production several times a day, no approval queues, no tickets, all automatic. Of course, not all Products are at this level, but this is the direction we are going as a company. We take performance reviews and feedback on that process very seriously and the end goal is to always help our employees achieve the next level on their careers and continue to improve and learn. I would love to hear more from you on your experience if possible.
4.0
Nov 12, 2015

DBA's outlook.

Database administrator
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people to work with, and above average benefits. Good advancement opportunities for low and mid level tier employees. Some locations have great amenities like a gym, and showers and changing rooms for bike commuters.

Cons

While most departments have good managers, the vision or roadmap for the future from upper level or c-level management is murky at best. No defined paths for advancing into architect or engineering roles.

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GoDaddy Response
10y
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I’ll note that over the past 6 months, we have been made a number of changes – including: created paths within the DBA role that define paths for advancement(a company wide effort to document every position at GoDaddy), promoted several internal employees that have met criteria, worked to put these roles out into areas that all employees can easily get to, started monthly meetings to share progress with the full team top to bottom (to go over roadmaps, where we are doing good, and where we have room to improve) and, lastly, had several skip level and one on one meetings to make sure all concerns are heard and that all are on the same page, working on unified goals. This is a start, but we’re open to more ideas and suggestions.
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