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

1.0

Apr 27, 2020

Not my cup of tea

Senior systems hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice offices and travel perks.

Cons

Teams and management are completely disorganized. Little fiefdoms trying to push through agendas that weren't company or business related. Some of the teams I was involved with were very group think and had no interest in any dissenting opinions.

1.0

Mar 5, 2018

Don't swim in this ocean

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work is the ultimate perk. Pays above market for a reason.

Cons

Engineering is totally dysfunctional team. Directors/Managers focused on upwards reporting & status updates & serious turf wars. Everything has an "angle". "Fun culture" is having a video on your presentation. Many facilitators, not many people actually doing work. Don't bother bringing new ideas to the table. They will only be heard if coming from a select group of old-timers.

DigitalOcean Response

Thank you for the feedback and I especially appreciate the solid pun. What you've shared is important and I'd love to learn more about the specifics so we can help address and fix them. Please reach out to me or someone on the People team to help - we always need candid feedback where it's actionable and I promise we'll take it seriously.

4.0

Aug 13, 2015

Can be better...

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has tons of perks from your seamless account, unlimited vacation, flexible hours, casual attire, gym reimbursement, MTA reimbursement, cool people to work with, etc.

Cons

- Lack of opportunity growth. - High turnover rate. - Many young and inexperienced managers. - Leadership team sends out mixed messages. - Favoritism. - No clear strategy for future growth. - Lack of communication and transparency. - Lack of controls.

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