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4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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1.0
Sep 10, 2024

Not what it used to be

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Pros

The pay and benefits are decent.

Cons

I have been at Databricks for 4 years. In the last 2, the culture has dramatically shifted. We used to be customer obsessed and emphasized radical candor. With the influx of Salesforce, AWS and Google employees in the last 2 years, leadership has allowed the culture to morph into a paranoid and clueless mess. Sales has bullied field engineering into doing insane, unsustainable amounts of work because they fail to upskill their own hires. Instead, there is an over reliance on the SA where you're expected to serve as customer support, strategic support, technical experts, sales process drivers, mentors, and know everything that's happening with every use case. By the way, why is there no update to this use case you updated last week? Expect back to back meetings where you're running the calls, and then spend your nights and weekends researching the answers to the hundreds of questions you receive from customers and leadership. Good luck getting a bathroom break in between! Sales has become dumb bullies, constantly asking for the same updates, getting upset at SA's for setting boundaries , and the constant micromanaging. They have truly ruined the culture and all that was good at this role.

5.0
Aug 23, 2024

What a great company!

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Pros

- Great culture, people are very friendly - Great product, and a lot of focus on enabling sales teams to sell well - Moves very fast, which is always a lot of fun but can also be challenging for some. - Great perks, free lunch/snacks/drinks at the office and happy hour every week

Cons

- Very performance driven, growth targets are insane. - Low mobility budget compared to market - We are growing very fast which can also bring negative things with it.

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