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

DigitalOcean reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(451 total reviews)

Paddy Srinivasan

56% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

451 reviews

5.0

Jul 31, 2023

Really helpful team

Senior software engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- People is really wanting to help all the time - We got a really impressive onboarding giving the best overview I had so far from a company

Cons

- Nothing bad so far

1.0

Apr 20, 2023

Good people, atrocious C-suite

Sr. manager it

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People there were great, hardworking, smart and kind. Good compensation and perks.

Cons

Absolutely cannot trust leadership, mainly C-suite as they do as they please, if someone gives a voice against they will be silenced. I was part of layoff in Feb and it was so crushing experience to be just cutoff without even given a chance to say goodbuy to your own team. Just cut suddenly without any warnings. Even if just month before the sentiment given was exact opposite. Promises were made, but in the end not honored. It is sad they made their own values meaningless with 1 swoop. They spent cash buying other companies, are profitable and were in good pace. Layoffs were not a necessary action. However they are buying their own stock back. This was pure greed play, nothing more. Love as a value is just a bad joke. All this is public information as well.

3.0

Dec 7, 2022

Average Company to work for

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Permanently remote job if you like being stuck at home forever.

Cons

No KT or Training if you feel like you need some help to upskill yourself.

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