Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,632 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 1,632 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Feb 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are general very smart. L6+ even do lots of coding. L8+ even help answer questions in slack channel very responsive. Can learn a lot!

Cons

Workload in general is high.

5.0
Feb 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing market opportunity and momentum as the industry leader for Big Data processing and the Lakehouse architecture - Continuous rate of producing excellent new products that outcompete the market - Great and very smart colleagues - high bar for hiring - Great company culture around no BS, focusing on the truth and doing the hard work which shows in impressive results - Always trying to improve and tackle the big issues, getting better every day

Cons

If you hate change and don't want to grow, this is not the place for you. - Requires you to constantly learn and adapt as well - High load of information due to the constant change - Might lead to being overwhelmed unless you have good recovery habits and are motivated to lean in While those are perceived as cons to some, you can adapt to all of them and will be better off afterwards because it will improve your career longterm.

5.0
Feb 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learn a lot Hands on CEO and founders team is awesome Rarely you get such a technical founding team with engaged leadership that’s works with respect, rigor of first principles and speed. Much less stress compared to large companies More control on personal life time allocation

Cons

Hard work Scaling work is hard but one learns Fast paced

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