Solid option for career starting point, stagnation afterwards - Product Manager Datadog Employee Review

3.0
Aug 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

+ Fast growing and successful business, lots of customers w/ good relationships + High caliber IC engineers + Product minded CEO

Cons

- Limited growth opportunities, not a place for experienced PMs - Out of touch and profoundly arrogant senior leadership - Poor work life balance - Non-existent diversity - Insane amounts of dotted line reporting - Mid management micromanagers

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for your candid feedback. The strengths you listed are a testament to our growing platform and excellent colleagues. We will continue to strive for an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives are considered and appreciated. We're excited to be currently investing in substantial growth in the PM org and support teams. Our People team are developing new opportunities for all levels of staff to grow in their careers. As we speak, revised manager training programs are being implemented to better arm our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals, and we believe this will drive leading practices moving forward. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review and will continue working on these improvements moving forward.

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Cons

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Pros

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