Fine if you’re on the right team - Anonymous employee Datadog Employee Review

3.0
Jul 21, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are fine (good but you could do better in NYC tech…), good solid product, a lot of kind hard-working people.

Cons

Can’t vouch for other teams but my department made me feel disposable. Weak attempts to address feedback everyone gives each quarter. Plus the end of my employment came abruptly, and with vague reasoning on mgmt's part. My manager told me straight up there was no path to promotion for my role (!) which as someone beginning their career in tech was very discouraging. There were some lovely people on my team but obviously mgmt doesn’t care employee retention.

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. The strengths you listed are a testament to our growing platform and excellent colleagues. We are sorry to hear about your experience with the team. We are constantly investing in developing a world-class program that offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity for graduates and early career talents at all levels. We're also actively launching manager trainings across the company to help better arm our leaders with the tools to grow successful teams and individuals, and we believe these trainings will help to teach great leadership practices moving forward.

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