Growing the right way - Account Executive DigitalOcean Employee Review

5.0
Aug 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Perks like you wouldn't believe, amazing people team helping you have the best experience possible as an employee, and arguably the best office space in New York City!

Cons

Not really any cons to share. They have their standard growing pains of any true "start up" that is adding lots and lots of talent and making sure they deliver a top notch product.

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DigitalOcean Response
9y
Thank you! So great to hear the positive feedback on the People team (I agree!) We're proud of our ability to grow our talent internally as we grow the company. We are working hard to make sure we scale smartly, and while we feel are intently focusing on doing it right, there's always areas we can do better on. Please share them with us so we can learn from them!

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