Great Culture, Great Product, Frustrating Work - werkgeversreview Software Engineer bij Datadog

4,0
10 aug 2016
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Pluspunten

Datadog is a fantastic place to work, where the people are great, the benefits are better, and the management actually cares about you. The unlimited vacation is real and not just a trap to weed out people who take it. Free lunches are fantastic, and the office kitchen is always well-stocked with snacks. The company's growing really fast, and every day you hear about another big name customer. If feels like you're part of something that soon everyone in the industry is going to know about. Imagine how cool it sounds to tell another engineer that you work for Github. That's what Datadog feels like it's going to be one day.

Minpunten

Several parts of the codebase are currently a mess. Depending on what team you're on, your day to day work might consist of putting out technical fires that have been building up almost since the company was founded and the first lines of code were written. There's very little culture of documentation, and not a lot of urgency to do anything about that. Different teams seem to be split up along lines that may have made sense once but don't anymore, which gets frustrating when suddenly your work is breaking somebody else's. Collaboration across teams is scattered and haphazard.

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5,0
9 jun 2026
Anonieme werknemer
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Pluspunten

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

Minpunten

Compensation on a lower end

1,0
30 mei 2026
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Pluspunten

Stock options and gym reimbursement

Minpunten

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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