Beware the sinking ship - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij DigitalOcean

Not going to lie, that one stung a little bit. But as always, we appreciate the feedback. It's fair to say that some of the facts you've laid out are accurate, but it's also really important to keep in mind the context. Like most highly successful, rapidly scaling startups, DigitalOcean is a radically different place than it was two years or even six months ago. What that sometimes means is that the skills, experience and approach that we need from leadership may be different at different points in the organization's lifecycle. While we are a developmentally focused organization and generally default to finding opportunities for people to grow with the company wherever we can, often people still may choose to self-select out when the role, or the evolving culture, no longer feels like a match with their career interests. That's normal, and from my perspective, a good thing. If we can help someone grow and develop in a way that sets them up for an opportunity at another company that we can't provide them here, that's an amazing thing that we should celebrate. That means we did our job as a deliberately developmental organization. Organizations change, and at the pace DO is growing sometimes people change with them. We are still absolutely a "People First" organization -- I wouldn't be here if we weren't -- and we are committed to creating a company that employees love, and where people get to do some of the most interesting, challenging and meaningful work of their careers. I hope that's helpful. While I appreciate the nautical metaphor, I would definitely take issue with the idea that we are a "sinking ship". In the past year alone our company has grown in size by over a third, and we expect to add close to another 20% by year end. Voluntary turnover is approaching single digits. Our revenue continues to climb significantly, and we've added some incredibly talented new senior leaders in the past few months. We are in extremely good health and a very cool place to work - I promise.