Is Databricks a good company to work for?

Databricks has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,770 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 76% of employees would recommend working at Databricks to a friend and 85% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Databricks have been left by employees working as Strategic Account Executive , Sr. Solutions Architect and Senior Solutions Architect .

Does Databricks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Databricks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Databricks. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Databricks?

76% of Databricks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Databricks 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (138) , Software Engineer (132) , Account Executive (119) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (41) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (36) , Resident Solutions Architect (27) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Solution Architect (26) , Sales (24) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (20) , Customer Success Engineer (19) , Strategic Account Executive (19) , Technical Solutions Engineer (17) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and healthy." ((in 244 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 185 reviews)); "Great Leadership who really do provide a lot of clarity into how the business is run and are always happy to lean in with customers." ((in 121 reviews)); "And good benefits" ((in 77 reviews)); "At the same time, I have great colleagues around me from whom I can learn a lot." ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"There is no work life balance to the constant micromanagement from the in" ((in 80 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 29 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 28 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 21 reviews)); "life balance can be challenging." ((in 16 reviews))

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Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,627 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,627 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Databricks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

5.0

Mar 29, 2021

High energy, top notch talent, thoughtful culture

Senior program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Incredibly talented, collaborative people - High energy, great culture that's thoughtful and intentional, well funded - Leading in an area of the industry

Cons

- Some growing pains, but really less than I expected

4.0

Mar 10, 2021

Transformative and disruptive platform

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Probably one of the most significant platforms/products I've had the privilege of providing to the customers I work with in terms of business impact and value. There is an open and transparent culture from the top down. Transforming how a customer views and uses data is very rewarding. Very disruptive to the data space. Awesome in those aspects of the company.

Cons

Sometimes the worklife balance is ignored. There is a lot expected of every team. Not necessarily a con. It's overall a good thing but understand the internal requirements and the amount of time we're spending with customers can be overwhelming. We have to spend time with customers as we're transforming the way they're doing business and it takes time to take a customer from 0 to 100. You don't just buy some licensing. This is really a pro but internal stuff on top can grow into a con.

5.0

Feb 17, 2021

Honestly an Amazing Place to Work

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Kind, smart, driven, conscious, empathetic, intelligent, caring people - Awesome product, great engineering and product teams that actually do user research and develop based on user feedback - Really, really great People Ops team. TONS of resources for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+. Tons of internal events to keep people engaged, motivated, connected. - Lots of attention paid to individual growth by everyone from direct managers all the way to leadership team

Cons

- Growing really really really fast so keeping up to date on product features, updates, supported integrations is a tough task. Everyone has their own repository of content so a lot of repeated work being done in silos. - Product surface area is very large and growing every day. Makes it hard to get a good grasp on who the target persona are and delve deep into a specific functionality or domain. Have to be a jack of all trades and split attention between many different parts of the platform.

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