Is Databricks a good company to work for?

Databricks has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,764 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at Databricks to a friend and 84% 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?

77% 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, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (137) , Software Engineer (131) , Account Executive (118) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (40) , 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 222 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 179 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 122 reviews)); "Benefits are great (the cheapest health insurance I've ever had in my 20 year career)" ((in 75 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 59 reviews))

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

"No work life balance as this company is evolving with technology at high speed" ((in 79 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 29 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 27 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 25 reviews)); "life balance can be challenging." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Databricks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Databricks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Databricks in 2026.

What Databricks locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Raleigh , Austin , Dallas , Washington , Boston , San Jose , Denver , San Francisco , Mountain View , Chicago

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Databricks reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,622 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.4

Work/Life balance

Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,622 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Jul 28, 2023

Cool people, hell conditions

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best data science product on azure

Cons

middle mgmt is full of cool people, but are stuck in treating people like numbers, and hawk the hell out of pipeline. Expected to be online from 6am sharp to 5pm. Absolutely absurd targets; when I was there most SDRs were piping fraudulent opps just to keep their jobs. Worst HR ever

2.0

Dec 14, 2021

Great platform, smart execs, crappy management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The platform vision is brilliant, sure to be a disruptor in the market (if it isn't already) Smart engineering team, some real field talent including sellers, SA's etc. Good pay & benefits

Cons

The field management is some of the worst I've seen. Lots of power tripping managers whose main skill is sucking up to their seniors, and in turn the managers are "protected" which means they can get away with unprofessional behavior and treating even the best performers on their team like crap. Rampant favoritism which means IC's who are amongst the lowest performing in terms of metrics get promotions and access to opportunities before better performing members on their team. Lots of script-based hacks to get the platform working properly (lookup Databricks workspace migration as an example), lack of seamless UX and integrated admin workflows across the platform, which are key to enterprise adoption.

1.0

Jun 2, 2021

Disorganized with an unreasonably long interview process

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is competitive and the company is poised for rapid growth.

Cons

Interview process was so long and communication was so poor that it almost certainly deters high-quality applicants. Absence of work-life balance. Toxic, self-important culture.

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