MongoDB reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,531 total reviews)

CJ Desai

76% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

MongoDB has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,531 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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4.0
Mar 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I've joined MongoDB in the early stage and left after 4 years. Those 4 years were amazing, I experienced hyper-growth which resulted in an array of great opportunities for me. The pace was fast and it was amazing to see how a company of about 25 people grows to 400 in that small amount of time.

Cons

A lot of management and executive change specifically in my last 2 years there lead to a lot of re-direction and re-orientation of what we (and I with my team) were trying to achieve. I do believe this was necessary though and in the end there is different leadership needed at certain stages of a growing company.

2.0
Mar 3, 2016

Try to Get it Right

Recommend
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Pros

MongoDB is an outstanding database product as proved by the many customers who have used it. It's fast, flexible, and it delivers the business value it promises -- Can't beat that! The culture is a classic start-up with a long way to go to profitability. It's kinda shocking that the investment bankers have convinced the market that a company losing money for multiple years is worth $1.6B.

Cons

Just like every software product it has problems. But the biggest problem is its commercial model. Buying the product may serve well the small organization that's going to spend $70K so they get "Enterprise Support", etc. But the large organization that would otherwise spend $millions can just download the free version and hire a technology team to support and promote the product internally. Prospects say to our Enterprise Sales people, "Why would I pay for that when I can download it for free and support it myself?". MongoDB blames that on Sales. Now, that's an easy "cop out". Maybe MongoDB needs to revise its commercial model and stop bleeding money and going to the market for more capital, since the firms revenue can't seem to pay its bills.

5.0
Mar 1, 2016

Rocket ship taking off

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Incredibly smart people, recently significantly improved sales organization and huge opportunity.

Cons

Yes, it took turning over significant portion of previously ineffective sales organization, but those who are left (and new arrivals) are being held accountable, and are delivering fantastic results.

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