Databricks reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,622 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

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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2K reviews
1.0
Dec 13, 2023

Toxic Workplace

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Parental leave is very generous Great product

Cons

Incompetent managers Toxic and hostile culture of gossip, micromanaging and undermining others Many have left due to the culture

1.0
May 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Comp was OK Equity Good tech

Cons

Micromanagement and not all all empowering. Things seem to move very slowly because of the level of micromanagement. Layoffs and no support or concern at all for those that were impacted. Very much a “this is how we do it here” culture which was surprising for a disruptive tech company. Goals and objectives not clearly defined, so you don’t know what to focus on. Apparent favoritism for those that have relationships with leadership. Many layers of management for a company of this size.

2.0
Jun 6, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

We’re building something cool. There are a lot of brilliant people I get to work with every day.

Cons

The C-suite execs who have been here for 2+ years are sabotaging any progress with their incompetence. We’re no longer a 50 person company and need to act like a grown up company if we’re going to get anything done. The amount of micromanaging at the c-suite level is unheard of. The brightest people are afraid to make the smallest decision because of the incessant micromanaging and politics. We spend more time preparing materials to try to get leadership to understand then agree with a decision then we do getting actual work done. Also the work life balance doesn’t exist.

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