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5.0
Jun 8, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

I feel very supported by DigitalOcean and I am pleased to say that they have lived up to their values. The vibe is great and so are the many perks, including an extremely remote-friendly environment. I would encourage others to apply.

Cons

There were a lot of organizational shifts, mostly before my time, that soured some of the longer-term employees. That's understandable. Things have since solidified and I feel like there is a lot of stability moving forward, as we continue to grow

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5.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Solid engineering team, seems to have found a niche and is working it hard.

Cons

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2.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- lots of ownership - decent middle management - great teammates - learning a lot - older employees do tend to have competitive RSU grants and salaries

Cons

- tons of legacy systems (10+ years version of Ruby on Rails... 10+ years since some products or services were updated, 0 associated automation to help) - last 2y of leadership has brought on tons of reorgs & changes. Example - recommended PTO days quietly went down, got rid of lots of free snacks, anniversary gifts went down $100s of dollars, plenty of silent layoffs - Senior leadership is focused on 1 thing - getting the stock price up. Has no interest in supporting some of our legacy systems that can prop up new products. - new hires are not fitting into our culture. Inflated titles. Empire building. Awarded for submitting buggy AI Slop code. Encourage working on the weekends. Starting to get toxic.

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