Does DigitalOcean pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, DigitalOcean employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at DigitalOcean. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at DigitalOcean?

58% of DigitalOcean employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated DigitalOcean 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at DigitalOcean?

Software Engineer (37) , Senior Software Engineer (26) , Developer Support Engineer (13) , Software Engineer II (10) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (6) , Engineer (6) , Cloud Support Engineer (5) , Director (5) , Network Engineer (5) , Senior Engineer I (5) , Technical Writer (5) , Account Executive (4) , Account Manager (4) , Cloud Engineer (4) , Customer Success Manager (4)

What are the pros of working at DigitalOcean according to real employee reviews?

"Great values and culture." ((in 65 reviews)); "The benefits and great WLB." ((in 45 reviews)); "The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on." ((in 35 reviews)); "Good work life balance (at least after understanding the role and what's required)" ((in 29 reviews)); "Good pay and benifits overall" ((in 22 reviews))

What are the cons of working at DigitalOcean according to real employee reviews?

"The only thing at the core of all leadership does is profit." ((in 17 reviews)); "For example, leadership was adamant that there would not be layoffs, and two months later they conducted a RIF in the most inhumane way due to poor leadership choices made years prior." ((in 13 reviews)); "Upper management does not have a good goal." ((in 6 reviews)); "Tyrannical and ignorant executive leadership who can't be bothered to understand their business well enough to know how to lead it successfully." ((in 4 reviews)); "Also have an unlimited PTO policy but will ask questions if you start taking more than 3 weeks off even though there is no recommended amount of time off for you to benchmark against." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about DigitalOcean layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about DigitalOcean layoffs and their outlook for job security at DigitalOcean in 2026.

What are the top reviewed DigitalOcean locations?

New York , San Francisco , Austin , Dallas , Denver , Detroit , Raleigh , Cambridge , Remote , New Brunswick , Salt Lake City , Mexico , San Antonio , Seattle , Philadelphia , Orlando , Boston , Union , Chicago , Fairfax , Brooklyn , Madison , Phoenix , Lexington , Winston-Salem , Houston , Minneapolis , Los Angeles , San Diego , Palo Alto

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DigitalOcean reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(450 total reviews)

Paddy Srinivasan

56% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

DigitalOcean has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 450 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DigitalOcean 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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Reviews by job title

450 reviews

5.0

Mar 30, 2022

Awesome Company, Awesome People, Awesome Culture

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, Great compensation and perks, Great people, Great growth opportunity, well-structured processes and frameworks and awesome work life balance. Lot of new processes with strategic alignment really drives the company in the right direction.

Cons

Nothing that I can think of

5.0

Mar 15, 2022

An excellent place to work, learn and grow as a product designer

Junior product designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great perks, workplace ethics, and supportive team members

Cons

no cons that I see so far

5.0

Feb 21, 2022

Great work experience, Employee Centric Culture, Helpful Teams and Leaders

Customer success manager (csm)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Quite helpful Teams and Team Leaders - Open to Employee Feedback - Great Manager - Employee Centric Work Culture - Lots of Learning opportunities - Good compensation structure

Cons

- Need for tailored onboarding content based on Job role

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