Must improve - Software Engineer Datadog Employee Review

1.0
16 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting product in an exciting space

Cons

No diversity in leadership Very few black leaders, actions speak louder than words - I mean come on it's 2022. It's always the pipeline excuse but a less qualified white male with connections will be given senior leadership roles and allowed to fail over and over with the goal post constantly being moved. Do better, at this point not doing anything signals that leadership knows the problem and just doesn't care...

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Datadog Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review and sharing your candid feedback. We recognize that we have work to do in continuing to diversify our leadership team and we're actively working to better balance the representation through the efforts of the executives and multiple teams. From a recruiting perspective, we constantly engage with our DEI partners and strive to create an inclusive candidate experience. Meanwhile, our People team has launched Community Guilds (our ERGs) to ensure all Datadogs feel belonged and supported in their professional and personal development every day at Datadog. Thank you again for sharing this feedback and all your contributions to our growth. We're glad to have you on the team!

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