Great product does not equal great career move - Sales Development Representative Databricks Employee Review

1.0
Nov 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid name recognition, cool CEO.

Cons

Depending on whether you are a "hunter" or "farmer", and depending on the specific sub industry (hospitals versus pharma/biotech) - your job can be smooth sailing or an uphill battle of epic proportions. If you are in this camp, political 'goodwill' is critical to keep your job (also manager dependent), and even more critical to get the ever elusive growth AE promotion. Promotions are extremely limited,

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

* high growth * faced paced * brilliant co-workers

Cons

* long hours, but you learn a lot

4.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- great people - amazing product that sells itself once people get their hands on it - innovative company - decent ote and benefits

Cons

- comp plan this year for hunters is not aligned with company strategy of focusing on larger, multi-year commits. it incentivizes quantity of deals vs. quality of deals, and payouts on commit $$$ are peanuts.

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