Best workplace ever, and growing quickly. - Platform Support Specialist DigitalOcean Employee Review

5.0
10 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

DigitalOcean is a great place to work. Although the company is growing quickly, the feeling of being with family has not changed at all. I feel I can trust each and every one of my coworkers, as well as the executives, and that's a great feeling. The benefits are great, the pay is fair, and there are a ton of opportunities to advance.

Cons

The company is growing very quickly. I love the growth, and the (at times) chaos. Meeting new people is amazing and the company tends to make great hiring decisions. However, it's not necessarily for everyone, and the interview process can be a bit long at times.

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30 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Solid engineering team, seems to have found a niche and is working it hard.

Cons

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2.0
18 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- lots of ownership - decent middle management - great teammates - learning a lot - older employees do tend to have competitive RSU grants and salaries

Cons

- tons of legacy systems (10+ years version of Ruby on Rails... 10+ years since some products or services were updated, 0 associated automation to help) - last 2y of leadership has brought on tons of reorgs & changes. Example - recommended PTO days quietly went down, got rid of lots of free snacks, anniversary gifts went down $100s of dollars, plenty of silent layoffs - Senior leadership is focused on 1 thing - getting the stock price up. Has no interest in supporting some of our legacy systems that can prop up new products. - new hires are not fitting into our culture. Inflated titles. Empire building. Awarded for submitting buggy AI Slop code. Encourage working on the weekends. Starting to get toxic.

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