Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,627 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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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5.0
Jan 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Culture and people are the best I've ever been around in my 22 years. Product Market fit; couldn't ask for anything more. We are established the Lakehouse architecture, now everyone is talking about the Lakehouse. Now we are establishing Data Intelligence. This is an incredible opportunity, with the most innovative product team in Data & AI. Rewarded for consistent success and plenty of career growth opportunities. Every AE on our sales team '19-'21 that I worked with have been promoted. Executive leadership is the best in the industry. Listen to a podcast with Ali, Ron, Andy, whomever, the exec team here is world-class. Did I mention the culture? Yeah, love it. Work on interesting business problems and use cases, solve critical issues for customers. How often are you getting calls by accounts to come in and present to their executive?

Cons

Every company has rough edges. (or some could just be broken), but honestly I don't have any real complaints. In Sales, they can control commissions a bit more due to the consumption model, but this is not the place to come if all you care about is your W2. You need to want to be here for reasons beyond W2 or some equity. If that is your motivation, you're actually not going to have fun here. Most people in sales here say they work "harder" here then they have worked anywhere else. So if you want to find a place to coast and make some money, this is not the place.

5.0
Jan 30, 2025

Teenage Years

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is solid, but depends on your leader I hear. Benefits are good. energy is awesome!

Cons

Pay is average for sales and they quota us on produce that is less than ready for prime time, meaning not ready to sell. They need to work on simplifying processes (which I understand they are)

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