Once Amazing Company is Now On The Decline - Software Engineer MongoDB Employee Review

3.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Solid/improving core product - Mature engineering org (depending on department) and great especially for younger engineers (average employee age is relatively young) - Hybrid work environment gives great flexibility and everyone has adjusted to remote-first meeting culture - Free lunch when in office - PTO is truly "unlimited"

Cons

- Internal politics have taken over as the company scales, effectively trying to become a mini AWS - Shoving "AI" buzzwords everywhere which is confusing product direction - Stock comp isn't what it was which is hurting morale - Changes to offices include removing soft seating in favor of more desks, feels less "home"-y - Leadership turbulence

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

The early talent team does a fantastic job supporting interns and making the transition from college to full-time comfortable. Team's truly do care for you

Cons

Felt like there was a lot changes happening at the executive level

2.0
Mar 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most benefits are solid, exception being no matching 401K which is kind of insane for tech. Embraces the use of AI for all employees.

Cons

MongoDB is extremely dysfunctional from a marketing POV. The functional silos built a culture of no collaboration and just checking boxes of doing the same things over and over again. Leadership at the MLT level is out of their depth for what the business needs out of marketing to grow. There is arrogance encouraged by a bully CMO who has her favorites that can be held to different standards than others and it is abundantly clear. That attitude trickles down into all of MLT and never really offer solutions, just criticisms. Pay is lower than other companies for the same role. Lack of clarity of what it takes to get a promotion. Blatant disregard for Employee Engagement surveys that have been on a decline for years that leadership takes no ownership on improving.

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