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 16, 2016

Great company, great benefits

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I'm a remote employee, and the culture from the office definitely carries over to the remotes as well. DigitalOcean does a great job of trying to maintain benefit parity between local and remote employees, such as paying for our Internet access instead of a subway pass, sending us snack boxes instead of the in-office kitchen, and so on. Overall everyone I work with is pretty positive about the company and what we're working on, which is hugely refreshing after my last employer.

Cons

Management has been a bit unstable since I was brought on-board, but I think that's mostly a symptom of the company's rapid expansion and trying to find it's feet with a swelling employee count. Even with that though, top brass has done a good job of communicating changes and trying to express their vision to the rest of us.

DigitalOcean Response

We care a lot about our remote employees and want them to have the same amazing experience as the folks in our NYC headquarters. Thank you for the positive affirmation that the efforts we are making on their behalf are appreciated!

2.0

Aug 1, 2015

Mistakes perks for culture

Technical operations engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun office, good benefits, nice perks

Cons

Complete lack of communication. Managers constantly contradicting each other. Working with people that don't have the intellect to back up their egos. Arrogance towards other ways of thinking.

3.0

Feb 22, 2019

Great while it lasted

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting work - Amazing people - Great benefits

Cons

- Does not take action on under performance - Pretty gossipy - Lack of diversity, and what appears to be a lack of interest in supporting D&I initiatives at the organizational level

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