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      Balanced Work Environment Fostering Growth and Communication - User Researcher DigitalOcean Employee Review

      5.0
      Aug 30, 2023
      User researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company's hybrid model fosters team collaboration while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Regular biweekly 1 on 1s and an open-door policy facilitate effective communication with managers. The emphasis on learning and development is impressive, with the company covering related expenses. It also provides competitive compensation.

      Cons

      Sometimes, communication between different teams can be improved to enhance overall efficiency and coordination.

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      5.0
      Mar 30, 2026
      Senior performance engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

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

      Cons

      Smaller company, so low in the prestige

      2.0
      May 18, 2026
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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