Terrible pay, micro managers, and culture issues - Account Executive Datadog Employee Review

1.0
22 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stock options. May be too late now but that was the biggest positive joining pre-IPO. Great benefits as well.

Cons

- management is clueless. Preach the same concepts over and over again without applying practice and offering real-time guidance - a lot of micromanagers who want to watch you clock in and clock out of work. Zero trust and confidence in the folks they hire - retention was worst I’ve seen at any company - ROE and internal bureaucracy was very bad. Not set up for it to be equitable for even 20% of reps. Need a lot of luck - pay was awful. Not even close to being competitive in the current market. Stock options were good but doesn’t make up for poor base and variable. - a lot of talk and no action. Management used to say “changes are coming” and there was never any follow up

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for being open in sharing your feedback, and we're sincerely sorry that your overall experience with us at Datadog has been anything but remarkable. As we continue to grow rapidly and stand up global Sales teams, we're actively seeking to better our management trainings, Sales Enablement offerings and more to create a positive work environment where employees feel comfortable and confident in their career growth and success. We also have a growing team of dedicated People Business Partners who use this feedback to create change within the organization as we face these growing pains together, and encourage our employees to utilize them for feedback such as this so we can work on solving any internal issues that arise. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review, as feedback like this helps us to become a better company for our employees every day, and will do all we can to learn from our missteps.

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