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      MongoDB

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      MongoDB reviews

      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (2,530 total reviews)

      CJ Desai

      74% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Senior management

      MongoDB has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,530 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MongoDB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      2.0
      Jul 22, 2020

      Good money - TOXIC culture! Beware!

      Enterprise account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      OTE and salary are solid and comparable to many other SaaS/Cloud companies. Initial training is okay too.

      Cons

      All sales reps are totally micromanaged and district managers are a bunch of “yes men/women”. Executive sales leadership rule with an iron fist and seem to get off on humiliating and demoralizing people in front of their peers. By far the most stressful and toxic sales environment I’ve witnessed throughout a 10+ year software sales career. If you’re expecting to come here and make friends, forget about it!!

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      MongoDB Response
      5y
      Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback; we respect your concerns and take them seriously. It is very important to us to maintain an environment where all employees feel a sense of respect, safety, and belonging at all times. While we do have high expectations of all of our employees, we also actively encourage a work/life balance and strive to establish a clear operating system that supports both. The sales culture is meritocratic and focused on career growth. We have a robust sales process which has proven to be successful, however, we also acknowledge that it requires consistent hard work to master. Our executive sales team fosters excellence by providing industry-leading coaching, development, and enablement. Sometimes this can involve pushing employees outside of their comfort zone to take smart risks and learn from failures. However, this is always in the spirit of helping reps grow faster than they might have thought possible. We encourage all our employees (current and former) to raise concerns and share feedback so that we can take action to continuously improve our organization. If you would be open to sharing more, please get in touch with our Employer Brand Manager, Jess Katz at jess.katz@mongodb.com.
      2.0
      Jun 24, 2020

      Amazing financial opportunity, at a cost

      Enterprise account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      MongoDB has the right market, the right technology, and the right Executive management to continue aggressive growth in one of the largest markets in enterprise technology. The opportunity to build a financial future here with the comp plan and equity structure (even as a public company) is unparalleled. Tops reps are paid well, no penalty in future years quota for overachieving etc. Executive management is top notch.

      Cons

      Expect 10-14 hour days, five days a week with the expectation that to be successful you'll probably need to work on the weekends too. Force management "command of the message" is a religion, not a guide. Tone deaf of any real culture, lack of diversity amongst sales teams (predominantly white male). AE's are expected to manage like enterprise account executives, but are managed at times like SDRs (call blitz, prep your list of 100 names, who are you going to call and why, track every meeting, etc). Process works, but at what cost? Most reps <12 months here will agree this is the most demanding job they've ever had in sales, and even if financially successful, at what cost to work/life balance & mental health? Not sure how any family oriented rep (especially female) could build a career here with expectations and many single/non family oriented males in sales leadership.

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      MongoDB Response
      5y
      Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback; we appreciate the positives that you have highlighted and also respect your concerns and take them seriously. While we do have high expectations of all of our employees, we also actively encourage a work/life balance and establishing a clear operating rhythm that supports both. The sales culture is meritocratic and focused on growth. We have a robust sales process which is based on years of research and data and has proven to deliver consistent success. However, we also acknowledge that this does require consistent hard work to master, especially in your first year at MongoDB. We also remain highly committed to developing and progressing all of our employees' careers and we reward achievement through both commission and equity (as well as competitive base salary). We believe it is very important to us to maintain an environment where all employees feel a sense of belonging, always. We recognize the importance of our employees’ mental health and wellbeing and offer mental health programs to our employees where they can receive confidential assistance from qualified professionals. These include WorkLifeMatters, Spring Health, and Headspace, to name a few. Further, MongoDB is committed to Diversity & Inclusion to build a culture of inclusion that embraces and values differences, freeing the genius within our employees, customers, users and communities. Earlier this year, we set a company objective to increase representation, particularly at the leadership level. In addition, we recently launched our company-wide DI strategy focused on 4 pillars: People, Culture, Customers/Users and Community; and we launched Decoding Inclusion, an educational series aimed at building community and raising awareness of differences. In addition, we continue to ramp our diversity recruiting work to access talent from underrepresented communities through new external strategic partnerships. We encourage you and all current employees to reach out to their respective People Partner or anyone in their chain of communication to raise concerns and talk through issues to ensure everyone is working in an environment in which they feel safe and can thrive. If you would be open to sharing more, please get in touch with your People Partner or send an email to jess.katz@mongodb.com.
      1.0
      Jun 30, 2016

      Sales Culture Needs to Change

      Sales executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are a lot of smart people, lunch provided 2x per week, strong financial backing. Trying to position ourselves in the market as a disruptor.

      Cons

      Upper management does not care about their employees. Everyone is disposable, and there has been a rotating cast of characters over the last year+, especially as it relates to the sales team. The politics here trump everything else, and many do not see eye to eye with the long term vision. Unrealistic goals set for sales, hard to make numbers unless you have a "good patch". It is unfortunate that there seems to be the notion that you can make a great living here, as those days seem to be long gone.

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