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 66 reviews)); "The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on." ((in 43 reviews)); "The benefits and great WLB." ((in 40 reviews)); "Good work life balance (at least after understanding the role and what's required)" ((in 27 reviews)); "Good pay and benifits overall" ((in 24 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 15 reviews)); "Most teams have been completely decimated due to poorly executed layoffs." ((in 12 reviews)); "Upper management does not have a good goal." ((in 5 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))

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 DigitalOcean locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Dallas , Denver , San Francisco , Austin , New York

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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, 2026

Good up and coming Cloud Inference AI infrastructure company

Senior performance engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Solid engineering team, seems to have found a niche and is working it hard.

Cons

Smaller company, so low in the prestige

1.0

Mar 11, 2026

Role consolidation and a lack of clarity / support for successful outcomes

Senior user researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Fully remote - Somewhat competitive pay - Relatively good work-life balance if you're not trying to progress in your career.

Cons

- UXR and Product Design have been consistently devalued an divested from in the last 2-3 years. - There seems to be a constant leadership churn, and a lack of understanding or clarity on how non-engineering roles provide value to the organization - Super top-down decision making, but without any effort to provide context or clarity. It's a highest-paid-person in the room kind of culture. And many product decisions seem to be made based on gut feel or board demands.

4.0

Mar 1, 2026

Good WLB

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

WLB Flexible timings Good colleagues

Cons

Toxic Amazon management Overworking sometimes

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