For supposedly Open Source (it’s not really) the technology is good but in a super competitive and saturated market.
Cons
Leadership.
Cut throat...like old school Oracle, EMC, PTC old school.
If you are a female in sales run don’t walk away.
If you are older (35+) you will be in super minority.
Leadership wants you to be a robot and sell how they tell you.
MongoDB Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback; we respect your concerns. We are sorry you had this experience — diversity is an important issue that we are passionate about at MongoDB across all of our departments and business functions. We are committed to making sure all employees of MongoDB belong and can be successful in their role here. While we do have a complex product, enabling our sales team to be successful in the market is a key area of focus for us as a business.
We take these concerns seriously and if you are open to sharing more, we encourage you to reach out to your People Partner or send an email to jess.katz@mongodb.com.
The early talent team does a fantastic job supporting interns and making the transition from college to full-time comfortable. Team's truly do care for you
Cons
Felt like there was a lot changes happening at the executive level
2.0
23 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Former employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Most benefits are solid, exception being no matching 401K which is kind of insane for tech. Embraces the use of AI for all employees.
Cons
MongoDB is extremely dysfunctional from a marketing POV. The functional silos built a culture of no collaboration and just checking boxes of doing the same things over and over again. Leadership at the MLT level is out of their depth for what the business needs out of marketing to grow. There is arrogance encouraged by a bully CMO who has her favorites that can be held to different standards than others and it is abundantly clear. That attitude trickles down into all of MLT and never really offer solutions, just criticisms.
Pay is lower than other companies for the same role. Lack of clarity of what it takes to get a promotion.
Blatant disregard for Employee Engagement surveys that have been on a decline for years that leadership takes no ownership on improving.