MongoDB reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(2,530 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 2,530 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
5.0
Nov 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interns have real responsibilities, are involved in decision making meetings, and get to work on projects that are significant to the future of the company - Company culture is great. Fellow interns were very sociable with top tier technical skills - MongoDB has a variety of opportunities for interns, including front-end work, as well as system level database work - Mongo does a lot to ensure interns have a great time, including setting them up in great housing together at NYU

Cons

- It may be difficult to get excited about working on a database - Variety of intern projects vary greatly, some were probably less interesting

3.0
Nov 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Effective, easy to use, low cost open source database. Went to first MongWorld and was clear that MANY customers LOVE the product and are doing powerful things with the database. New York office seemed to have pretty good morale. Think there is potential for a healthy business model, but will just take some time given the nature of open source. Great office locations in Manhattan and downtown Palo Alto.

Cons

Dual headquarters (NY & Palo Alto) did not really work. Ended with Palo Alto office being more of a satellite rather than a second HQ. New executive leadership is more traditional enterprise software - will be interesting to see over time how it mixes with the founding open source culture.

5.0
Oct 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

MongoDB was my first job, and I am so fortunate to have joined a rocket ship. I work with amazing people. They’re ultra talented, many of them are veritable polymaths. These are the people I want to follow for my entire career. You can't have an amazing company without an amazing product. What brought me to MongoDB was the strength of the database, massive community following and a consistent focus on making users successful. My team would go to the ends of the earth for a customer, and that makes me feel proud of who I work for. Now MongoDB has the fastest-growing database community and it's in large part thanks to thoughtful engineering, a dedicated community and a focus on user success. Another positive is the transparency. I’m often amazed at how open our executive team is with us about our company and team’s performance, what we’re doing improve as a whole and how the executive team is working on their own personal growth. The executive team is very approachable -- I speak withVP or a C-level exec as fairly often at MongoDB. t’s a really positive environment to perform at your best. After 3 years at MongoDB, I left for another startup. I have since come back, but here’s a little context. I mostly left because I wasn’t sure I would get the same level of growth that I got in my first three years. MongoDB was my first real job and I thought I needed to try something else to fully round out my skill set. It didn’t take long to realize my poor judgement. I didn’t find the same level of talent anywhere else. I came back to MongoDB 9 months later and I’ve been very happy with that decision. The new management team is fantastic and is focused on putting us in a position for success.

Cons

Everything moves very fast. You need to be be prepared for that before joining this company. There’s so much opportunity here and a lot to accomplish, and this means that the workload is quite demanding. This can overwhelm a lot of people -- I know I often feel stressed and overwhelmed at work. But I know I would be bored anywhere else. The positive side to this is that the management team is reasonable and quite easy to work with. The executives are very approachable and although they are demanding, it’s a respectful environment. Growth opportunities at MongoDB are very high, but you do have to be patient for them. I know a number of people who have joined and are so hungry for growth opportunities that they forget about the core goal of the company -- to drive adoption of MongoDB and build out a competitive business. Of course, credit for work can never come soon enough, but I’ve found that sometimes promotions have been slow. This has changed somewhat with the new executive team and a number of promotions have been given out to veterans who have contributed to the company, but it’s still slower than many people would like.

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