MongoDB reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,530 total reviews)

CJ Desai

74% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

MongoDB has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,530 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MongoDB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jul 6, 2023

Used to be great, not so much anymore

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good technical training. The product is really good.

Cons

It was a great place until FY'24. I will echo what others have said. Even though they announced no layoffs, there are layoffs happening from their "Raising the Bar" initiatives, PIP'ing people out and managing people out to avoid severance. No matching 401k. The new comp structure is the most blatantly insulting comp plan I have ever seen. Leadership is non-existent, these are "managers", not leaders, and most are just hatchet men at this point.

1.0
Apr 26, 2021

Run

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employees like to work hard. Very money hungry. If there's a way to make money, it's made.

Cons

Evil management. Every department head is void of emotion, empathy, general compassion. No work life balance. Sucked into this toxic way of thinking. Culty.

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MongoDB Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback; we respect your concerns and take them seriously. Our goal is to ensure everyone has a positive experience at MongoDB. We are committed to our company value, “Build Together” and creating and supporting a positive, inclusive, and accepting environment where all employees feel a sense of belonging. It is very important to us to maintain an environment where all employees feel a sense of respect and that their voices are heard. Our flexible PTO ethos is applied globally to ensure employees take time to refresh, relax, and unwind. This policy is based on mutual trust and communication between every employee and their manager. We aim to provide you with all of the tools you need to achieve a positive work-life blend. We encourage all our employees (current and former) to raise concerns and share feedback. If you would be open to sharing more, please get in touch with our Senior Employer Brand Manager, Jess Katz, at jess.katz@mongodb.com or your dedicated People Partner.
2.0
Jul 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Product is rock solid and stock options can pay off

Cons

Management could care less about their employees. Growth model is to split territories once a rep starts hitting 60% of their number. Every activity must be recorded/categorized and is measured. You are expected to act like a AE but treated like a SDR. There are a few reps crushing it with the "House Accounts" and everyone else struggles to hit their numbers. Expect to work minimum 12hr days to meet the metrics or just make them up like most are forced to do now. Moral is horrible. Only company I know of that had a global call blitz the second week of covid because they realized they could capitalize on peoples available during their uncertainty.

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MongoDB Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback; we respect your concerns and take them seriously. While we do have high expectations of all of our employees, we also actively encourage a work/life balance and our sales culture is focused on career development. While the sales process was pioneered at PTC, it has been refined significantly since based on years of research and data and has proven to deliver consistent success. However, we also acknowledge that this does require consistent hard work to master, especially in your first year at MongoDB. Accounts are assigned based on a variety of factors and driven by merit, with managers devoting significant time to territory planning including reallocating accounts as needed to ensure all reps have an equitable opportunity to find success in their patch. As the coronavirus spread to become a pandemic in early March, our team worked to adapt quickly in order to remain focused on serving our customers and identifying meaningful opportunities to add value even in challenging times. We adapted our sales strategy, revisited and refocused rep’s territories, provided additional support, training and communication and also introduced a mandatory work from home policy to ensure employee health and safety. We would encourage you to get in touch with your People Partner or send an email to jess.katz@mongodb.com so that we can more fully understand and address your feedback on our culture. We are continuously working to create a culture of growth, learning, and development. We do this by providing support, coaching, enablement, and training for all employees and feedback is a key part of this process.
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