MongoDB reviews

- Toxic Work Environment: high levels of stress, internal competition, and lack of support. - Unclear Expectations for Success: Expectations for success and performance are vague, which can make it challenging to meet or exceed them. A lot of pointing to development plans, but development plans are ever-changing and never finalized. - White Male-Dominated Sales Organization - Inconsistent Management: Really is a mixed bag. some managers are great, and others can't offer useful guidance or constructive feedback. - Lack of Clear Career Advancement: The pathway for career growth is unclear and inconsistent, with limited visibility into what is needed to level up. Managers have infamous quarterly talent calibration meetings where ICs are stack-ranked against each other. ICs know about these meetings but aren't able to understand where they fall in that rank or what goes into the ranking. - We have a clear CSM to CCO track, but instead of enabling and promoting from within, management continues to hire external ICs at higher levels. - Recognition Gaps. You won't get recognized for the work you do!!!!

Too many executives in the biggest job they've ever had and are in way over their heads trying to run an enterprise company. Over-promoted middle managers who don't know what they don't know and allergic to change. Homegrown systems and processes haven't scaled and many groups are behind on industry practices. Collaborative culture has big benefits but at the big price of micromanagenent, too many cooks in the kitchen, and hazy accountability.