Datadog reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,611 total reviews)
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Olivier Pomel

91% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Datadog has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,611 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Datadog 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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2K reviews
2.0
Aug 4, 2021

Depends on you!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Best monitoring solution in cloud. The solution update is so quickly.

Cons

Too strong HQ control. No decisions in local. Strong “White people” culture.

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Datadog Response
4y
Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. We strive to foster a culture where everyone feels they can succeed and grow, and we're sincerely sorry that wasn't the overall experience you had with us at Datadog. Feedback like this helps us continue to grow and improve as we seek to become a better and more inclusive company for our employees, and we're actively launching manager trainings to help better arm our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals to mitigate any micromanagement or road blockers as we navigate this hyper-growth environment we're now in. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review, and will do all we can to continue improving as a company and department every day.
5.0
Aug 3, 2021

Exciting and worthwhile company to grow at

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Friendly and casual tech-culture vibes - Very intelligent and collaborative peers - Unlimited PTO and remote work - Compensation is competitive and generous

Cons

- Slight growing/scaling pains - Meetings can be abundant and not always necessary - Individuals can be slow to change in certain functions

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Datadog Response
4y
We appreciate you taking the time to leave your feedback, and are excited that you've found our collaborative, friendly and open culture one in which you can continue to grow and excel in. We're scaling as a company incredibly fast and appreciate your patience as we navigate some growing pains, as this can take some time. We are working hard to establish processes that will help propel us to the next level and beyond. Thank you for your candor as feedback like this helps us understand both what we're doing well and where we still have room to improve. We're glad to have you on the Datadog team!
2.0
Jul 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great perks cool office and events a lot of great people work there besides leaders

Cons

leadership needs some serious training on how to manage their employees favoritism is how you get promotions they do not care at all about diversity just growing the company to keep up with turnover

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Datadog Response
4y
Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. We strive to create a culture where everyone feels they can succeed and grow, and we're sincerely sorry that wasn't the overall experience you had with us at Datadog. We're actively building internal programming and hosting trainings that educate employees and leaders around allyship and unconscious bias in order to better foster an inclusive culture for all. Feedback like this helps us continue to grow and improve as we seek to become a better and more inclusive company for our employees every day. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review, and will do all we can to learn from our missteps.
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