Great place to work if you are white, toxic for minorities - Anonymous employee Datadog Employee Review

1.0
Nov 7, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It was an overall bad experience

Cons

This was a toxic place to work especially for minorities. They are currently getting rid of most people of color in the company so if you are a minority don't bother applying they don't want you. If for some reason you do get hired don't expect your tenure to be long. They only brought you in to satisfy the labor requirements they will find a way to get rid of you. This is a typical tech company where white men rule the roost. Expect to be harassed, body shamed, blamed for everyone else's mistakes. The rules are different for black/brown non Asian minorities vs white and Asian people. The good people there are hard to find anymore since this has become a company of every man for himself so don't expect anyone to get your back. Be prepared to have your work scrutinized more harshly than your peers and expect to see all the women acting like damsels in distress in order to make themselves look superior even when they are inexperienced and undeserving of their job title. In fact expect the undeserving to get pay raises and promotions while you get blamed for their inability to do the job. There was talk about doing unconscious bias training which sounds great but when you fire or force out all the minorities what is the point?

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Cons

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1.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Stock options and gym reimbursement

Cons

Datadog is a very toxic place especially if you’re in a non-tech role where you are deprioritized and uncared for. Talent acquisition has terrible, selfish leaders who only care about themselves and pushing their teams past their limits. Your colleagues will backstab you again and again to gain preferential treatment. The leaders encourage this type of behavior and get excited and make jokes about it. Additionally,I It is an environment riddled with sexism and racism — is it not 2026? NYC at that? The lack of resources and support compared to engineering is astounding. I would never recommend this place to anyone. Many of the good reviews are fake or are by people who perpetuate the toxic culture. The only good thing is the stock options. Stay far away from this place!

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