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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

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      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
      5.0
      Jan 21, 2014

      Join MongoDB, You will love it!!!

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Outstanding technology Extremely bright co-workers Fast growing company Customers love the product. The vast majority of your colleagues are fun

      Cons

      All senior leadership positions are filled with outsiders. Opportunities for advancement are null. One person is promoted to manager for every 20 senior VP positions with folks from MarkLogic. Some egos are a little bit "too" big.

      5.0
      Dec 12, 2013

      MongoDB THE place to be... hehe that rhymes.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Where to begin... This is the culture for people who want to experience the upside of being in a start up without the concern for its future. Everyone here is technical, and I can have enthused discussions about technology with every level of this company. When the product you are building has engineers in mind, so too does the management. Saw a recent post about the CTO. In his defense I don't feel anything "cult like" here whatsoever. I challenge anyone to find a guy who is more approachable and involved in the company on so many levels. His vision of what should be done is an informed one, and more importantly it is one that shows real passion, he is at a desk coding with everyone else, not in a corner office glad handing. Personally, I appreciate that. I've never experienced a work environment that dealt with assimilation of new hires as seamlessly as MongoDB. I felt welcomed right away. Biggest Pro: The people here. "Word Class" just doesn't quite cover it.

      Cons

      Like every company, MongoDB has some growing pains. It is a company growing extremely quickly and this sometimes means directional changes that can feel jarring or frustrating to employees. I experienced a bit of this myself. However, these changes are typically very transparent and seem to gravitate around a general theme of what is best for the employees and the future of this company. Having said that, I would not trade this occasional feeling for a larger environment with a less exciting trajectory.

      2.0
      Nov 21, 2013

      Cult of the CTO

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      You get to work with a complex and growing technology and vast array of clients. Your next job after MongoDB is virtually guaranteed. Between your client list and the people you meet at conferences a year here is a ticket to anywhere.

      Cons

      A year here may indeed lead to a ticket to somewhere else. MongoDB has a very demanding culture and is really looking for "Google-caliber" brains. The problem is, their comp package is nowhere close to Google and others. After recent valuations, new options packages are going to be very low value, they are well past "startup" phase. The biggest challenge with MongoDB is actually the CTO. Despite its popularity, the MongoDB code is really sloppy and suffers from some poor technical decisions that may haunt it forever. If you're an engineer, your inevitable job is to support the product. That means providing support for the sloppy, undocumented code and the poor technical decisions. This makes the job extremely difficult.

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