Big product potential - working out the dual location operational kinks - Anonymous employee MongoDB Employee Review

3.0
Nov 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Effective, easy to use, low cost open source database. Went to first MongWorld and was clear that MANY customers LOVE the product and are doing powerful things with the database. New York office seemed to have pretty good morale. Think there is potential for a healthy business model, but will just take some time given the nature of open source. Great office locations in Manhattan and downtown Palo Alto.

Cons

Dual headquarters (NY & Palo Alto) did not really work. Ended with Palo Alto office being more of a satellite rather than a second HQ. New executive leadership is more traditional enterprise software - will be interesting to see over time how it mixes with the founding open source culture.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

great leadership, learn a ton. more opps for career growth and making money here, plus promotions if work hard

Cons

lower work life balance then other orgs, some processes slow down

2.0
Mar 23, 2026
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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.

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