Great company overall with some amazing perks and people, but extremely poor leadership in Marketing - Marketing Datadog Employee Review

2.0
7 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- amazing benefits that are very competitive, including unlimited PTO, healthcare for you and partner, fitness and gym reimbursement, equity, egg freezing, and more - beautiful new office in prime location - very smooth hiring process (back in 2021) - travel opportunities (role dependent) - getting to work alongside some extremely talented and personable individuals (almost always mid-management and below), some who really care about their teams and have amazing leadership skills - great product - well-respected CEO

Cons

- salaries are not competitive at all (benchmarked against 27 companies personally all offering 50-70k AUD more for the same role) - 3 day in office requirement (depends on personal preference as to whether this is a pro or con) - terrible, poor leadership in Marketing including managers that don’t turn up for 1-1s and no communication or give conflicting information - no strategy whatsoever to our activities! - no KPIs or goals in marketing whatsoever. Only trying to introduce now - no consistent leadership (had 8 managers, 6 different people) in just over two years - no growth opportunities or clear career paths in the marketing department - some disrespectful local sales teams members which made working together very unpleasant, even after raising it for more than 6 months.

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Datadog Response
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Thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We're glad to hear you've appreciated our company perks, office location, and talented colleagues. We also apologize for the challenges you faced within the Marketing department. We take your concerns seriously and will work with our People Business Partners and managers to address them as we build a better working environment for all team members. Thank you for your impact while with us, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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