Awesome experience - Anonymous employee Datadog Employee Review

5.0
Oct 16, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, good management overall, high growth, interesting projects. Interns rare given real tasks from day one and after ramp up, can be given a project's ownership. You also get to travel to tech conventions from time to time if that's something you like.

Cons

Not much to say. The culture is great, people are open minded. One slight caveat is that you may not know well ahead what type of project you'll work on, but that's part of the startup fun for some people. Something that can be a downside too is that you need to be quite autonomous in your learning (though you can ask tons of questions and you're encouraged to do it).

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People first culture, endless opportunities to grow, learn new things beyond your role’s scope and get promoted

Cons

Compensation on a lower end

1.0
May 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stock options and gym reimbursement

Cons

Datadog is a very toxic place especially if you’re in a non-tech role where you are deprioritized and uncared for. Talent acquisition has terrible, selfish leaders who only care about themselves and pushing their teams past their limits. Your colleagues will backstab you again and again to gain preferential treatment. The leaders encourage this type of behavior and get excited and make jokes about it. Additionally,I It is an environment riddled with sexism and racism — is it not 2026? NYC at that? The lack of resources and support compared to engineering is astounding. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Many of the good reviews are fake or are by people who perpetuate the toxic culture. The only good thing is the stock options. Stay far away from this place!

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