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      Datadog

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      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (278 total reviews)
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      Olivier Pomel

      91% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

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      5.0
      Jul 6, 2021

      Awesome Work Environment!!

      Solutions engineer
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      Pros

      + Collaborative environment: I feel like I can reach out to any team for help or further information + Growth Potential: Management will work with you, to explore any path I would like software eng, product manager, management, and even sales + Benefits: Awesome benefits including a Fitness Reimbursement and pet insurance/adoption

      Cons

      - Growing Pains: We are growing rapidly, so we are hitting some growing pains, but management is doing a great job hearing us out and prioritizing finding solutions - Compensation: A little lower than the industry average for salary, but makes up for it with Stock Compensation

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      Datadog Response
      4y
      Thank you so much for this feedback and sharing your experience at Datadog. We are committed to our employees growth and development as well as fostering a positive and collaborative environment. We are growing tremendously and look forward to learning more together. Feedback like this helps us understand both what we're doing well and where we still have room to improve, so thank you again, and we're glad to have you on the Datadog team!
      4.0
      Jun 23, 2021

      Great people, poor leadership

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great pay and perks. It's great to work alongside top talent with innovative ideas, who genuinely want to do good work

      Cons

      Diversity and inclusion is a major issue here. Leadership lack openness and transparency on the topic. Unwillingness to codify competencies and career paths in a meaningful way makes career development difficult.

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      Datadog Response
      4y
      Thank you so much for this feedback and sharing your experience at Datadog. We love that you're excited about the people and company culture. It's our mission to continue to create a culture employees feel supported and that they belong in every day. As our company continues to scale up, we're actively launching targeted management trainings to help better prepare our managers to lead with inclusivity and transparency, while establishing career leveling across the company. We encourage you to also bring this feedback to your People Business Partner so we can work together on this feedback as we value you, the remarkable work you do for us here at Datadog, and want to create a positive workplace experience for every one.
      2.0
      May 25, 2021

      Not great

      Account executive
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      Pros

      Good colleagues, good benefits, good product, great sales training, okay RSUs.

      Cons

      Micromanagement of KPIs from top to bottom of the sales org. If they could have you work 100+ hours/week, they would. The stress level at Datadog couldn't be higher as managers are constantly looking for updates on anything and everything they can track. Tons of busy work that eats up hours that are not necessary to doing your job well. All management seems to care about is PG, PG, PG (pipeline generation). You'll feel more like a BDR than you will like an AE. Also, BDRs do not contribute a lot to your prospecting either so it's all on you. Datadog prospective accounts are so over worked that many of them have also blocked Datadog's email alias making it increasingly difficult to get a hold of anyone. Even though deal cycles are extremely long, the business is still managed on a weekly and monthly basis which only adds to the stress levels across the sales org. While many of the managers are former reps, it's as though they've completely forgotten how much time and effort it takes to close a deal there. Pay is below market average. Datadog knows this and doesn't seem to care as they have gotten that feedback a number of times from reps who have left.

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      Datadog Response
      5y
      Thank you for sharing your candid feedback, and we're sorry that your experience at Datadog was anything but positive. We continue to grow rapidly around the world, and operate in a high growth environment because of the speed at which we're scaling globally. As we grow, we're actively launching manager trainings across the company to help better arm our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals, and we believe these trainings will help to teach great leadership practices moving forward. Feedback like this helps us understand both what we're doing well and where we still have room to improve, so thank you again!
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