Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,633 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 1,633 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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2.0
Nov 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay well esp if youre an engineer The company is doing well financially, sales of product are strong Theres enough rah rah to attract good people, but I'm sure many won't be able to put up with the mess inside for long...

Cons

Basically everything else. Databricks is trying to grow up without a plan of how to do so well, and it's an extremely painful process to be a part of. The CEO still insists on being deeply involved in every decision no matter how minuscule which equates to disempowering any other employee below him (that means everyone). Change initiatives are so incredibly slow and often derailed at the 11th hour bc of some nit picky detail from the CEO or CFO demands even though its outside of their domain, clearly they don't trust anyone else to be the experts which makes everyone else basicaly minions to what is being dictated to them. Why hire senior people and pay them tons of cash if you don't trust them to do their job? Also, any of the teams outside of Eng and Sales are so understaffed (yet expectations/OKRs etc are not created to consider that) and so therefore teams are set-up to fail. There are no career paths, no recognition unless you're in engineering and pretty poor benefits if you're not employed in the US. Sorry non-US people, you'll be forgotten and HQ can easily look away so they don't actually have to address the problems. I don't really think they know how and won't admit it so you'll either be told for years that "it's being worked on" with no result or your problems will be completely dismissed bc the US has no empathy for international teams. Also, expect to get meeting invites in the middle of the night, for hiring so many smart people, not sure why they forget about a thing called time zones...

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Databricks Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are very sorry to hear about your experience. There are multiple initiatives going on to continually improve our internal processes as we scale as well as invest in our global benefit programs. We hope that this should help improve some of the items you mentioned, as creating a positive and consistent employee experience is a top priority at Databricks. We are always open to feedback and looking for ways to improve. Please feel free to contact me directly if you would like to provide any additional feedback.
2.0
Feb 5, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Fast paced product releases - Good focus on creating an entrepreneurial spirit - Well funded, competitive pay

Cons

- Terrible culture (ANZ), no one is happy except the management team who want to cash out - There is no trust. All sales activity is tracked (calls, notes, meetings, outbounds, emails etc), however, these metrics are not important ... only sales - even at the cost of customer relationships and employee turnover. PIPs are handed out like lollies to some of the best reps in the region when they miss a target. - Sales success is with a few "lucky" individuals, the vast majority are not making their number and either looking for another job or waiting for the IPO payday. - Every manager pretends to want to help you, but the truth is, they have no ability to help their reports. They are powerless and hopeless.

2.0
Aug 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Heaps of learning. Loads of managers types Sales focused company

Cons

Not matured into service sector. Its a product company with strong US based engineering focus however their service division is handled by sales team. This creates conflict of interest when servicing customers. Service decisions and handling is done by AE. AE has no background of you as PS team member and more inclined to presales team. Presales team will put all their work to post sales. Ultimately if u r part of service team u ll end up doing job of everyone but even then ur name wont be counted since company is sales focussed and not service focussed. Join if u r part of presales else AVOID

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