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      Databricks

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      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

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      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Senior management

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      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
      5.0
      Dec 18, 2015

      Gaining a lot of momentum

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great perks that are above industry standard for a high-tech startup - Great sense of unified effort toward company success/culture is vibrant - Spark is a hot technology garnering a lot of industry interest

      Cons

      Nothing comes to mind. Normal start-up growing pains but that's what makes it fun.

      5.0
      Dec 6, 2015

      Ideal place to learn and grow

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Extremely talented, grounded, and motivated coworkers - Competent and open minded upper management - Business plan is ambitious and expansive I think Databricks is one of the best places to work as engineer. The engineers here are uniformly competent, hard working, and compassionate, and the cofounders who lead eng set a fantastic example. I'm happy to be a brickster!

      Cons

      - We're still a young company and going through some growing pains, so production fires are a bit more common than I'd like - It tends to be a hardworking bunch (by choice, not dictum), so not ideal if you're looking for a 9-5 gig - Making enterprise software can be a pain in the butt (hands-on treatment for large customers, having to be very careful about backwards compatibility)

      5.0
      Nov 12, 2015

      The Company to Work For

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Filled with dense knowledge about each facet of growing a company (marketing, sales, engineering, open source, management) - Always looking to improve and is never satisfied with just being "good" (employees here have a "make-it-the-best" mentality) - The management really cares about each employee and how he or she is doing at all times. - Expertise and devotion to Spark alongside Spark's growing adoption really makes it an exciting time to be here. - Everyone at Databricks is teamwork-minded so there is a strong culture of helping each other out. - The company itself is growing fast but at the same time, it never lowers its bar in hiring so you can expect every single person to excel in their work.

      Cons

      - A lot of processes (engineering, hiring, etc.) are still developing. - Many things still go wrong (i.e. fires), but the team really takes its time to learn from each one of these to make sure that similar occurrences do not happen. - It may not be a typical 9 to 5 job (a con for people who prefers 9 to 5).

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