The work at MongoDB is both challenging and extremely enjoyable.
Cons
There is always something to do (not a bad thing), but because of the growth of the business time management and priority become important skills.
MongoDB Response
9y
We're glad to hear you are enjoying your time at MongoDB. If you ever feel as though time management and prioritizing become an issue, please do not hesitate to reach out to your manager or HR. Balance is the key to both success and happiness at any organization and we want to ensure we maintain that here.
Smart coworkers, fun projects. At the time it still felt like small enough of a company to know people. It's truly an inflection point of my career to work there.
Cons
Not a lot of office perks compared to other big tech companies.
2.0
Mar 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Former employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Most benefits are solid, exception being no matching 401K which is kind of insane for tech. Embraces the use of AI for all employees.
Cons
MongoDB is extremely dysfunctional from a marketing POV. The functional silos built a culture of no collaboration and just checking boxes of doing the same things over and over again. Leadership at the MLT level is out of their depth for what the business needs out of marketing to grow. There is arrogance encouraged by a bully CMO who has her favorites that can be held to different standards than others and it is abundantly clear. That attitude trickles down into all of MLT and never really offer solutions, just criticisms.
Pay is lower than other companies for the same role. Lack of clarity of what it takes to get a promotion.
Blatant disregard for Employee Engagement surveys that have been on a decline for years that leadership takes no ownership on improving.