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      Datadog

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      Datadog reviews

      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (279 total reviews)
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      Olivier Pomel

      91% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

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      279 reviews

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      2.0
      Feb 4, 2025

      AVOID

      Sales engineer
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      Pros

      - Best product in this market - Solid culture (albeit, force-fed) - Strong C-suite with great product history. Great future for the product and fantastic stock to have, especially with the ESPP benefit. - Office perks are decent (beautiful office real estate, lunch MWF, snacks, top of line espresso machine, etc) - Great opportunity to travel (if you enjoy that for work) - Decent learning opportunity - Good benefits and perks

      Cons

      - Pay is ABYSMAL, well below the market rate - They will do everything in their power to undercut you with title and pay. They are stern and do not negotiate much no matter how relentless you are. Best in class + well respected product so they can get away with this. - Lower level management is inexperienced and will shun your career development requests. High expectations for work and want you to do this for the above stated abysmal pay. - Onboarding is exhaustingly long and frankly does a poor job of preparing you for real-world experiences at the company. - Inexperienced ICs, if you have a background in the industry you will be educating a lot. Definitely fun to teach folks, but very time consuming. - NO company mobility. They like to sell themselves as if they have this. Too many gates until options like this are available, frankly making it near impossible to move around. - Attrition is the worst I have ever experienced at a company. - High demand for knowledge... again with little pay. - Rampant micromanagement with Sales Managers. Baked into culture here on the Sales floor, and it bleeds into adjacent roles. - Expectation to mainline the corporate kool aid. Constructive feedback is seen as an attack for a company that could do no wrongs. - In office expectation is strictly tracked. 3 strikes your out policy. Don't know when you've got a strike til after the month. - Unlimited PTO is a scam, type of company where you hardly take vacation. Also baked into the culture. - Limited collaboration in this role. Reflects culture and bonus pay as a SE. - Not a lot of cross team/org collaboration, things are very silo'd here. - Criticism is reported, not viewed as actionable. - Little to no organization or standards on how work is done. Everyone has their own approach, and limited sharing on vital information. - Did I say horrible pay?

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      Datadog Response
      1y
      Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We're glad to hear you enjoy our product, culture, learning opportunities, and the benefits we offer. We appreciate you taking the time to highlight both the positives and areas where we can improve. We hear your concerns regarding compensation and regularly review our pay structures to ensure they remain competitive within local markets. Our total rewards approach is designed to ensure fairness, consistency, and competitive total compensation across Datadog. We also recognize the importance of career growth, internal mobility, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. If you have specific feedback, whether on career development, time off, or any other aspect of your experience, we encourage you to connect with your People Business Partner so we can better address your concerns together. Your insights help us evolve, and we appreciate your contributions to the team.
      2.0
      Jan 28, 2025

      Politics get in the way of good decisions

      Senior security engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good pay and smart people.

      Cons

      Stingy about Job titles. Lots of people jockeying for position at the expense of others. False claims of bottom up planning, but they rule from the top down.

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      Datadog Response
      1y
      We appreciate you sharing your experience at Datadog. It’s great to hear that you valued the talented team. We understand that concerns around job titles and decision-making processes can impact the employee experience, and we are always looking for ways to improve transparency and collaboration. Thank you for your contributions, and we wish you the best in your next opportunity.
      3.0
      Jan 14, 2025

      Growing Fast and Losing the Magic

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good culture around taking responsibility for your work while having a no-blame attitude for major problems, like "incidents". If you can find the right team that matches what you want you'll thrive, but otherwise may struggle with bureaucracy.

      Cons

      Comp reviews are done without any input from the employee. Performance reviews, decoupled from compensation, don't feel impactful - on a scale from 1-5 where 5 is beyond expectations, 5 isn't actually an option because the higher ups don't want those to be given out. In fact, a lot of decisions from higher ups impact the culture negatively, where they make decisions that are better handled by team leads and managers (people regular employees actually work with, talk to, and know). The theme of management is having a lax policy, then slowly killing it without clarity or communication. Promotions also happen without employee input. Hybrid policy, which used to be unclear, is now mandated from above, and tracked by badge swipes. "Unlimited" PTO is not so anymore - in the US it is tracked to be no more than some "average" they got of 15-25 days, up to manager discretion, but after the 25 they're told to decline additional. KPI's are made just to satisfy executives that don't have the best context for the teams that have to write them. Almost a third of the team I'm on are managers of some sort.

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      Datadog Response
      1y
      Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback and your perspective on what’s working well, as well as the areas where we can improve. It’s great to hear that you value the culture of responsibility and our approach to handling major challenges. We hear your perspective around how we can improve on transparency and communication - both are important, and we’re always looking for ways to improve how we engage with employees. We encourage you to share your feedback with your manager or People Business Partner. Thanks again for your input!
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