How do employees feel about working conditions at Datadog?

Good office perks like snacks and catered food. Modern office space with nice amenities. Most coworkers are great.

A newer CSM people manager in Denver exhibits extremely inappropriate behavior toward women, frequently making them uncomfortable by undressing them with his eyes. Leadership at the director level lacks accountability and awareness, allowing toxic behaviors to exist. Despite positive culture among peers, poor management decisions and lack of oversight create an uncomfortable work environment.

Amazing company with a great trajectory within the monitoring software space. Young professionals that share commonalities creating a fun work environment across the floor. Has really made a name for themselves in the industry.

You are given 9 months to ramp up but that doesn't mean you will not be given a performance plan and eventually fired before the 9 months are complete. They promote managers that are good sales people but don't have the ability or qualities of a manager or leader. They pick favorites across the floor that will be given more opportunity or support from management and upper leadership. I had faced muiltiple situations I should have gone to HR about when it came to innapropriate comments and rumors spread from management about sellers. Overall would not recommend Datadog to someone unless they're a man and are willing to be belittled often, not supported if they aren't perfect the first time and are ok with being told no when you ask for help.

Great work environment and team

Quota can be hard to hit

Great culture, catered lunch 3x per week, selling premium product in market

Lack of inbound leads cause people to do some sketchy stuff to close deals, leaving the people who do the right thing without leads

Smart people, food in the office

I am alone and all my team is in NY Every new shiny tool - which someone may like but hard to navigate

Great benefits, good people and food

You are worked very hard

- great snacks in office - hybrid schedule is nice - Datadog is well known in industry - best in class product

- on the rep level, org is not doing well. on org level, org is doing well. org attainment is probably above 100% but median rep attainment is probably 20% - territory is awful. lots of software companies with 5 engineers and 4 of the 5 are in India. truly ran through. - inbound is virtually non-existent - managers keep leaving - rep tenure is awful - very very few promotions upmarket (like 2 reps a year out of a sales floor of 90) - required to be in the office until 5:30pm every day. no flexibility on in-office days

- Free lunch - Office with a nice view - Company sponsored dinner/unlimited alcohol at quarterly team events

Datadog was by far the worst professional experience of my career, and I still have PTSD from the level of toxicity and misery that is rampant here. Management is toxic and lazy — there’s no training, no real support, and it's blatantly clear they do not care about you or your growth. You're a number and at best, you'll experience micromanagement. Keep in mind that you will be encouraged to be "proactive" in your one on one's about "areas you'd like to grow" - this is not for coaching but a trap that will be used against you to demonstrate where you fall short even though it didn't come from management. You’ll be hounded about unrealistic KPI's but not given the proper tools or coaching to succeed. 95% of the role is aggressively outbounding a completely burned book of business with the most lack luster tools you can imagine (ie, they just got a tool to provide phone numbers - before, reps would pay ~$50/mo just to have access to a site to get phone numbers to prospect into). You’re expected to call 80+ people (from different numbers until someone answers I might add) and write them highly personalized emails (which will be criticized) - this is the minimum requirement for daily "supplementary" activity. Your schedule will constantly be interrupted with "Call Days" and disqualified accounts are recycled to another rep a week later - these toxic sales practices are why prospects hate you as soon as you say "Datadog". Hitting quota consistently is extremely rare (for context, the sales org has a few hundred reps and less than 40 hit their annual number across all verticals last year). Most reps don’t make it past 6-9 months, many get PIP’d during their ramp period, and you're considered a veteran if you stay longer than a year. The company promotes a “new logo bonus” for $500 deals (which only a handful of reps hit) but leaves out that reps will have to pay back these bonuses if usage doesn’t stick — some owe thousands back to the company. The culture is not only high-pressure, it’s unhealthy and demoralizing. There’s an unspoken expectation to stay late (despite working 10hr days already), show up early, come in 5x a week every time it's the EOQ and hang out at the downstairs bar after work if you want inbound leads or favor. Mental health struggles are rampant, and the bathrooms/downstairs offices are known places to go and cry from the stress. There are many reps who end up relying on stimulants/downers just to cope. “Unlimited PTO” is meaningless — you’ll be judged and lectured for using it. You’ll also be out ~$200/month for parking with no reimbursement, and company trips don’t cover basic expenses like food. Bottom line: Datadog might look shiny from the outside, but the culture is rotten. Read the reviews. Believe them. No job is worth sacrificing your wellbeing, and anyone considering Datadog deserves far better.

Good place to work …. Good culture

The canteen could do with updating

nice office, good food, friendly people

Bad leadership, low lead count