Databricks reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,635 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 1,635 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
4.0
Nov 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great Work Culture, will always keep you toes when it comes to the consultation for Data & AI - Helpful people and no one underestimates anyone, treats everyone equally. - Field Engineering & Professional Services is really strong & knows how to solve their customers problem. - Good communication channels between FE teams, customers & product. - Good Salary & good perks, basically whatever it takes to keep an employee motivated & happy. - Good Work/Life Balance, Individual Contributor so basically you're your own boss and you bill the customer directly. Project Managers & Engagement Managers are also helpful in managing the workloads.

Cons

- Some Products are too much of an overkill like DLT or DAB. Sometimes it seems that there is less intervention from the Field engineering on Product as to what has to be delivered or is an ask for a customer? - Regional Politics, common scenario but still it happens in Databricks. Central EMEA folks will not like the solutions of Northern EMEA and vice versa. Sometimes put us in jeoprady & really hard to tell who is what? - Sometimes there are monotonous engagements which looks like you're not going anywhere with your career. Like you could be doing CI/CD for customers and be with it.

5.0
Nov 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you like working with smart people, you will like working at Databricks.

Cons

You need to like a fast-paced environment.

2.0
Nov 7, 2023

Hope you like Kool-Aid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great product in a forward thinking industry -Benefits such as gym reimbursement -Work with some of the brightest minds

Cons

Sales culture is cultlike and filled with false promises/transparency. Operate like a start up with the headcount of a large org - processes constantly changing and attainment is solely based on if you have sellers who are lenient and willing to help you out (good luck). They are forcing us to RTO 3 days a week just to sit on Zoom while leadership (Directors) babysit you by being dashboard hawks. Career progression is still being developed and piloted, and the process itself is messy and long. Everyone will tell you how happy you should be to work there though. The term “personal brand” will be preached at you to no end as a way to get you to do things outside of your job description.

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