Kong Reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(178 total reviews)
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Augusto Marietti

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Kong has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 178 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kong employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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178 reviews
1.0
25 Jan 2023

Worse company ever, it should be a case study

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nothing comes to my mind

Cons

For a small startup,I was really suprised how bad things are. Initially I thought my manager is bad then started working with people in other regions. I realised good people which are moving company forward leave in 1 or two years. On the other hand nasty , backstabing employees stay and thrive. I strongly advice against seeking employment in this company unless you like backstabing , politicing, working with idiots, bullying, racism, sexism and stealing , you found your dream company. The higher you go in the management the worse it gets.

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Kong Response
3y
Thank you for your note. Again, we respect the platform, but when a former employee is this angry and is making false and serious claims (I sense a campaign) about bullying, racism, sexism and stealing, I have to call the post out as untrue. Of course, if you have any evidence to the contrary, we invite you to reach out to the HR or Legal team directly, so that you can air your grievances in a forum that enables us to investigate. All claims are investigated thoroughly and addressed appropriately by our Global HR and Legal teams, whose jobs are to ensure that Kong is abiding by local laws and making Kong a place where people can do their best work. I am truly sorry that Kong did not work out for you. We wish you the best of luck with your future endeavors.
1.0
18 Nov 2022

Poor Software company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Original product was good, everything else is smoke and mirrors

Cons

Culture, Management..Serious lack of experience in achievement at the top level.

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Kong Response
3y
I'm sorry to hear that you feel this way and I appreciate you sharing and giving me the opportunity to address this. Yes, the flagship product, Kong Gateway is great and is the most widely adopted API Gateway in the world. We continue to invest in the original on-prem solution and will continue to drive innovation there. The "smoke and mirrors" that you claim for the other products is off base. Insomnia, Kong Mesh and Konnect continue to drive innovation in the API space. The proof of this is the fact that Gartner named us THE leading visionary in the leader quadrant for the 3rd year in a row. That isn't accomplished with smoke and mirrors. I’d like to respond to your comment about culture. Without any details as to what you didn't like here or what you think is a negative, I'll simply say that we have our strengths and our weaknesses. We are a humble organization that is constantly trying to improve and get better in all areas of the business. We are transparent and are open minded to feedback, hence our employee surveys since we were 150 employees strong. We created our "Employee Experience" team to continue to focus on the lives of our employees in an effort to never lose sight of who we are. While there will always be a boisterous group of employees when leaving any organization, our remaining 550 employees continue to voice their satisfaction with who we are. Our most recent employee sat survey posted stronger results than our last. I’d like to offer a different perspective on your comment about the "lack of experience in achievement at the top level". Our leadership team is made up of multiple startup executives who successfully exited many different companies. From our sales and marketing org, through our finance, legal and people teams and into our product and engineering orgs, every single leader has multiple success stories under their belt. Again, I wish you had a better experience with us at Kong and if you'd like to have a live conversation with me to discuss, I post my email here, chuck.waygood@konghq.com. I wish you the best of luck in your next opportunity and I hope that the remainder of 2022 is successful and healthy for you.
1.0
20 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good tech area Some of the folks in company are really good

Cons

Local teams are cut throat and happy to throw anyone under the bus No career growth options

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Kong Response
9mo
Thank you for your response. We are growing fast and there are several areas for improvement. Your feedback will help us get better. Please do get in touch with your global team people business partner to discuss more so we could help with the situation.
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