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      DigitalOcean

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      DigitalOcean reviews

      3.4

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (450 total reviews)
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      Paddy Srinivasan

      56% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      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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      450 reviews
      5.0
      Jan 17, 2016

      On the cusp of taking over the cloud market...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - DO owns the developer market that they are going after and has a strong company branding in the marketplace - Perks on perks. The company takes care of their employees with catered meals, corporate seamless accounts for you to order breakfast, lunch, and dinner, complimentary kindle loaded with books, gym reimbursement, and more. - The people are awesome and incredibly smart. Everyone that has joined the company has had a thorough and rigorous interview process that requires meeting the CEO as a final step. Not sure how Ben has time to do that still but it goes to show that he clearly cares about the employees and wants to make sure that the prospective candidates are a culture fit before joining - You feel like you are on the A-Team. There are plenty of startups out there and more that get created every single day. Most fail. Few get acquired. One will get to go the whole way (IPO possibly) and really build a lasting legacy in the tech market. DigitalOcean has that potential to go the whole way. In just a short, few years - we've become the 2nd largest cloud provider in the world next to Amazon Web Services. Few players in the market can say they've done what we've done. Actually... no one else can say that : )

      Cons

      - More communication please. Common startup weakness but with the potential of becoming a unicorn that dominates the cloud market, this absolutely cannot be one of our weak points. Lots of stakeholders doing different things without any communication cross-departmentally which creates bottlenecks and slows down processes.

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      DigitalOcean Response
      9y
      Thank you for the detailed feedback. We want to make sure we continue to bring in amazing talent and support their growth and development to deliver their absolute best performance. The bar for talent at DO is indeed high, and we'd argue it's worth our CEO's time to make sure we continue to attract and retain the best. I'm glad it's had an impact on your decision to join us!. We are prioritizing better focus on communication and alignment across teams and stakeholders. As any company scales that becomes more critical and it's something we are actively working on improving. We need every employee to be clear on what their personal and professional development goals are, and how those tie in to company OKRs. If there's a gap you're seeing please raise it with your manager so we can help address. And we'll continue to support that process through better communication, alignment and training on setting effective goals.
      1.0
      Apr 2, 2026

      Beware

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The opportunity here is endless. No seriously, you could work 24/7 and there would still be work to do because the goal post keeps moving.

      Cons

      Lack of alignment, lack of development, lack of communication, mixed messaging. Everything is a priority, until the priority changes and then the next thing is your new priority and the last thing gets tossed. This is a thankless organization. We are expected to have a “founder mindset” without founder benefits or compensation. Further, leadership not only doesn’t care, but openly chastises employees who ask questions about employee benefits or environmental impacts of our data centers. As a side note: negative reviews seem to be getting removed from Glassdoor periodically even constructive ones that are in line with the community guidelines.

      1.0
      Dec 17, 2024

      Used to be great

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      IC coworkers are great people

      Cons

      Below average pay. DO used to be a great place and is now absolutely horrible due to recent leadership changes. A massive culture shift happened and has made DO a hostile and stressful place to work. You are in crunch all the time and are expected to work overtime and even during PTO to get things done. You are told to leave if you don't like it. Any disagreements are either deleted or you are let go. It's a true shame as this was a great place to work not that long ago. So many great people are leaving.

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