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      Databricks

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      Databricks reviews

      4.0

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (1,623 total reviews)
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      Ali Ghodsi

      91% approve of CEO

      85% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,623 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
      3.0
      Jul 7, 2023

      Mixed Bag - Team/Manager Dependent. Bad WLB.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Cool product -High achieving colleagues/peers -Company has a bright future -Slightly above market to above market pay, depending on the team -Very high level of internal transparency -Good office perks like free lunch -Most employees are offered Equity -Some teams are great

      Cons

      -Terrible WLB. Databricks is completely unafraid to work their employees on all teams into the ground. All parts of the organization report horrible WLB in company-wide surveys. -“New managers” who can’t manage -Significant office politics on some teams -Gossip. Not all employees safeguard job-specific information from individuals on other teams. -Equity. Be extremely careful to understand what you’re actually getting and when at the time of negotiating your Databricks offer. You may be getting far less value than you thought you were. -Lack of diversity in many parts of the company -No 401(k) match

      2.0
      Jan 15, 2023

      Growing pains make abuse too easy to get away with

      Sr specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay & benefits. Strong executive leadership (mostly, with some exceptions that seem to be being handled). Smart & talented hard working colleagues. Excellent product.

      Cons

      Abusive/toxic middle managers & lower levels of leadership ruin the otherwise good culture. Good people getting run off for bad reasons (“bad culture fit” is sometimes their nice way of saying “they won’t answer my phone calls at 9:30 pm on a Saturday and they don’t laugh at my sexist jokes”). Sales org rampant with bullying and tasteless “not politically correct” jokes that don’t belong in a professional environment. Leadership & HR seem to look the other way on these issues so long as business results are good.

      5.0
      Mar 20, 2019

      Great place to work and learn

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart, collaborative coworkers Engineering driven company Leadership team receptive to feedback, cares about building healthy culture Fun place to work - happy hour, game night, team events, etc are active Work is pretty interesting Solid engineering practices, good balance between shipping and quality Tech stack is pretty modern, work with lots of open-source technologies

      Cons

      Good brand, but as a newer enterprise data company, not as widely known as a consumer brand like Apple

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