The Career Acceleration and Learning Opportunity Mecca - Sales Datadog Employee Review

5.0
19 Jul 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- As a result of Datadog's meteoric growth, the opportunity to get promoted very quickly is always there if you perform well. Those promotion decisions are made on merit at Datadog. No politics. No BS. The best person for the job will get the job. - As soon as you demonstrate mastery of a role, you'll need to be ready to teach 3 new hires how to do it. We are growing so quickly that those subject matter experts are extremely valuable. Being one of those SMEs gives you early coaching and mentoring opportunities you wouldn't get at stagnant organizations. - The culture and values of this company are admirable and consistent. I believe that stems from our founders still being the ones who are guiding the ship. They are so clear and focused on the direction of the company, the culture feels intact even as we grow at an incredible rate. - Sales execution is on a whole different level at Datadog. If you think you understand transactional SaaS sales, come and work here for a month. You'll quickly realize the amount of control you have over a deal cycle and your ability to influence it. - That sales execution is only made possible by the stickiness of the Datadog product. It delivers on every promise it makes and then some. Customers absolutely adore the solution and they rave about it in the midst of the evaluation.

Cons

- Hypergrowth comes with challenges. At times, a certain level of ambiguity exists in some roles because of the scale. This requires a self-starter mentality if you want to be seen as one of the top performers. You can't turn in the bare minimum work and then ask for a promotion because you checked some boxes. You have to demonstrate legitimate value and proactivity. This can be a difficult atmosphere for some people to work in, so Datadog definitely isn't for everyone.

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Datadog Response
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We appreciate you sharing your honest feedback with us! Internal mobility is a topic we're incredibly passionate about as a company, and something that we're focused on developing further. It's great to see that you've had such a positive growth and development experience here, and with the overall culture of the Sales org. This phase of hypergrowth is an exciting opportunity to embrace ambiguity and to help us create processes that will scale alongside our growth as an organization, but agree that this mentality isn't the career path being sought out by all. Our Executives are also continuing to learn and adapt in this new environment, and we ask for your continued patience as we navigate this journey together. We appreciate you taking the time to leave this review, and we're glad to have you as part of the Datadog pack!

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