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?

"1) Complete embrace of remote work and remote culture" ((in 62 reviews)); "The benefits and great WLB." ((in 44 reviews)); "The people were great and there were some interesting things to work on." ((in 42 reviews)); "Good work life balance (at least after understanding the role and what's required)" ((in 27 reviews)); "Good pay and benifits overall" ((in 25 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 18 reviews)); "Most teams have been completely decimated due to poorly executed layoffs." ((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))

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

(451 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 451 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

451 reviews

5.0

Nov 2, 2023

Good place to work

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work life balance.Good off hours .

Cons

No cons yet and for me it looks good

4.0

Oct 30, 2023

Its been a quite a positive learning experience

Engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of learning going around - Opportunities to grow your skillset

Cons

- Lots of process need to be streamline for cross platform team syncs between regions

4.0

Oct 26, 2023

Great place to work

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of promising opportunity and big things to come with the company.

Cons

It is going through some hard times right now, a lot of changes but I believe it will come out much stronger.

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