Huge growth, interesting challenges, smart people - Anonymous employee Datadog Employee Review

5.0
19 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Datadog is a great place to build a career. There is huge market opportunity ahead. Fast-paced environment, lots of change (for the better). Employees are given lots of autonomy. Many smart, yet humble people here. CEO is quite funny.

Cons

Hard to identify. Reality is there are many first-time managers, so they have a lot to learn. But the company is investing in their development.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People first culture, endless opportunities to grow, learn new things beyond your role’s scope and get promoted

Cons

Compensation on a lower end

1.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stock options and gym reimbursement

Cons

Datadog is a very toxic place especially if you’re in a non-tech role where you are deprioritized and uncared for. Talent acquisition has terrible, selfish leaders who only care about themselves and pushing their teams past their limits. Your colleagues will backstab you again and again to gain preferential treatment. The leaders encourage this type of behavior and get excited and make jokes about it. Additionally,I It is an environment riddled with sexism and racism — is it not 2026? NYC at that? The lack of resources and support compared to engineering is astounding. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Many of the good reviews are fake or are by people who perpetuate the toxic culture. The only good thing is the stock options. Stay far away from this place!

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