Starting to feel like a "big" company - still a great place to work - Senior Specialist Solutions Architect Databricks Employee Review

4.0
Oct 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Standards are still quite high - most colleagues are technically very skilled and collaborative. Company culture is great. Lots of opportunities to have a meaningful impact.

Cons

Maybe an inevitable consequence of growth, but it's starting to feel like a "big" company, with all the attendant issues that brings: bureaucracy, insular departments, politics. Company culture is suffering as a consequence. Recently the AI/ML platform has become scattered and incoherent, with a range of tools & systems that don't really work together the way they should. Focus on data warehousing has meant that AI/ML is getting less attention.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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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

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