Bread and Circuses - Software Engineer MongoDB Employee Review

3.0
Aug 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

A good first job, mentorship is strong to get new engineers up to speed, friendly and smart co-workers. Benefits are nice. Initial rotation between teams to find best match is fun. Plenty of nice little perks, fun office. If that's all you want, you'll find it there.

Cons

Focus on first-jobbers means nobody around can see or fix the problems. High turnover - careers are limited by existing leadership and people leave when they want to make a difference and realize they can't. Arbitrary decisions from above remind people of that. Nobody understands our competitors in the company. Leaving the company and seeing the real world is an eye-opener in so many ways.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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
Mar 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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.

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