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 68 reviews)); "The benefits and great WLB." ((in 47 reviews)); "The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on." ((in 44 reviews)); "Good work life balance (at least after understanding the role and what's required)" ((in 28 reviews)); "Good pay, company provided snacks" ((in 21 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 16 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 5 reviews)); "The CEO seemed to imply that these were never meant to be permanent, but the company never communicated the expectations clearly." ((in 4 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 , Houston , San Antonio , Seattle , Philadelphia , Orlando , Boston , Union , Chicago , Fairfax , Brooklyn , Madison , Phoenix , Lexington , Winston-Salem , Minneapolis , Los Angeles , San Diego , Palo Alto

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DigitalOcean reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(88 total reviews)

Paddy Srinivasan

56% approve of CEO

72% 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

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88 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

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5.0

Jan 18, 2022

Great Opportunity

Payroll specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Growing company -Great pay -Company that believes and reflects their values -100% work from home

Cons

- I have yet to determine any cons

4.0

Jan 17, 2022

great people, things tend to get better over time

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Great pay and benefits, especially for those lucky enough have access to pre-IPO shares. * If you like writing go, this is the place for you. * Coworkers are all friendly, good people. * Management makes genuine efforts to continually improve. * Things overall tend to get better over time. * Super remote-friendly.

Cons

* Hard to feel motivated when opportunities to implement mildly interesting features are de-prioritized quarter-by-quarter in favor of admittedly more important and impactful initiatives. * Management pays lip service to work/life balance, but that's all it is. Be willing to sacrifice the life end of that spectrum and you will promote fast and get to work on interesting projects. * The team I am on has been understaffed for about two years now. The products we develop and support have too many users so we find ourselves thrashing endlessly between support, bug fixes, and feature development. * Nearly 100% of the company is full-time remote. I've been working here three years. The team I have been on that whole time has never had an offsite. Yes, blah blah blah pandemic. The entire team is vaccinated. In theory, we could conduct a team vote to see if everyone is comfortable with meeting in person. But the company isn't allowing it, primarily for cost-savings.

5.0

Aug 2, 2021

Great!

Web developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

DigitalOcean prioritizes it's employees and it's products. Developers are never wanting for resources to aid them in their daily performance or to further their education.

Cons

I do not have any cons to share at this present moment in time.

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