Toxic management/environment - Account Executive Datadog Employee Review

1.0
Jan 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, the worse company I have ever worked for because of the bad and toxic management/environment.

Cons

Don’t even bother trying to use your professional experience as they don’t care about it; even though that’s what you were hired for. They micromanage everything you do and leadership are all in cahoots together, so complaining to leadership or HR gets you nowhere.

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for sharing your candid feedback, and we're sorry that this is the culture you experienced at Datadog as that's not what we strive for within our Sales department. We're actively launching manager trainings across the company to help better arm our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals, and we believe these trainings will help to teach great leadership practices moving forward.

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