Fantastic company to work for - Software Engineering Intern GoDaddy Employee Review

5.0
14 Aug 2019
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Pros

Absolutely no egos or petty politics - I sat across from a Senior Director and in front of a VP (who reports directly to the CTO), and neither viewed me any differently because I was an intern. No meeting I attended had even the slightest hint of political bickering. Extraordinary benefits and pay - All interns get free luxury housing and those that work in Sunnyvale or Kirkland get free food too. However, even if you're not in those locations, there's subsidized lunch ($5 a meal) and always tons of snacks in the office. Coming to pay, it's definitely competitive with other companies (at least with respect to internships). RemoteOK - I worked from home about 3 weeks out my 10 as an intern. Almost every team has a few people that are entirely remote (both US-based and international). WFH is fully integrated into GoDaddy. In fact, I doubt you could find the same level of work-life balance at any other company. Extremely solid business - GoDaddy has $735M in annual free cash flow. Translation: this company is incredibly rich and won't be going away any time soon. So don't be worried about cash crunches or layoffs.

Cons

Lack of technically challenging work - Let's face it, products to small businesses is not exactly cutting-edge work. Also, 99% of teams operate at the application layer (i.e. no infra-level work here). That being said, all engineering teams do follow standard practices like code reviews, design discussions, agile, etc... Leetcode interviews - GoDaddy is one of the many companies that uses these algorithmic interviews even though they have absolutely no relevance to the work you'll be doing on a day-to-day basis. Hopefully this will change in the near future, but I wouldn't count on it.

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5.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

I am able to be my best self in the environment I work in. I am encouraged to ask questions and come up with solutions to problems - often the identification of a problem doesn't have a clearly prescribed solution - My leadership allows me to be proactive and come up with more ideal solutions than 'just what works'.

Cons

This is a large company, and mileage may vary. Bringing your best self should be a requirement for all positions in all companies.

3.0
23 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Your immediate team and management/leadership will feel like family and is often willing to do a lot for you.

Cons

Overall vacation/paid time off is good. But run out of paid time off and HR is there to kick you out immediately. They have no room nor respect for true emergencies. Infact, they act excited to have someone to punish. Work amounts to you being the receptical for all of the emotionally unstable clients who wish to verbally abuse someone for all the bad things happening in their life. For some inexplicable reason for a company at the revenue level its at, it tries its hardest to retain the worst clients imaginable as if losing their business means the company dies. It would much rather see an employee quit then lose a bad client. I 100% believe this company tries harder to retain business from anyone then it would ever go to bat for you as an employee. And our good clients are treated badly, we bend over backwards to support and teach our customers, and often getting them the support they need amounts to shrugging from senior leadership. You are expendable, and its obvious the company views you as such, a necessary evil in the way of more bonus money for executives. They are hard at work training AI agents to eventually replace many front line customer support, along with overseas associates who clients endlessly complain about. You will be paid about 20 to 40 cent raises a year regardless of how well or not you work. And good luck being promoted for being competent or above competent at your role. You need family/friends in leadership to even be considered. The company will start hemorrhaging employees the moment the job market gets better. Oh. And only DEI matters here. If you are white and male, good luck being looked at for anything. Ive met many talented leaders here and its lame to even think for a second this company may have promoted them for reasons other then their absolute skill in the role they are in. They deserve it for what they do, the hard work they put in, not to fill a corporate check box.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re genuinely sorry to hear that some aspects of your experience left you feeling this way. At GoDaddy, we are committed to creating an environment where all employees are treated fairly and have equal opportunity to grow and succeed. We do not tolerate discrimination, retaliation, or behavior that conflicts with our values. If you’ve experienced or observed something that doesn’t align with these standards, we want to hear about it so we can address it. We encourage you to share more details through our Ethics Helpline (www.godaddy.com/ethicshelpline), which is available 24/7 and allows for anonymous reporting. We remain committed to creating a workplace environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and valued.
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