Great team culture - unrealistic goals - Anonymous employee Datadog Employee Review

4.0
29 Apr 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great team culture, probably the best team I've ever worked with - Good perks

Cons

- Unrealistic goals for employees - Executive leadership focus too much on numbers without context

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide this thoughtful feedback, and we're glad to hear that you're enjoying our great team culture. The concerns you raise about culture changes are ones we take seriously - we encourage you to bring these directly to your manager and/or People Business Partner so we can maintain the strong Datadog culture we currently have.

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