Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,623 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 1,623 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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2K reviews
4.0
Jan 8, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The best place to learn about cutting edge technology, business technology strategies and selling. Compensation is competitive, borderline aggressive. Lots of opportunities to travel

Cons

Everything is pretty hostile. Be prepared for people to make fun of you in slack when you don't know something that's deemed 'obvious' by someone else. There's a reason that minorities don't last as long as their white male peers, especially in more technical areas. Lots of inclusion hand waving from senior people that's not mirrored on the ground. Borderline cultish, no healthy distinction between work and personal life. You'll be referred to as 'family' expected to give up personal commitments, and your LinkedIn should now contain the daily Databricks stories and milk your personal network for people to join the 'family'. Once someone leaves, they might as well be dead to the company. Next to no one gets a leaving card, gift, or even an announcement that they've gone. You only notice when you can't slack them anymore. Not a con as such, more a word of warning: everything is utter chaos. Don't think you can do anything as bold as have a plan for the week, someone will steamroller it with the latest "urgent" request that you absolutely have to help them with because they lacked the foresight (and incentive) to plan.

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Databricks Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Creating a work environment that feels inclusive to all employees is a top priority for us. Because of this, we have launched multiple initiatives to ensure that we are promoting an inclusive culture as we scale. As we grow at such a rapid pace, we value the feedback from our employees on how to improve in areas such as work-life balance. If you are open to it, please feel free to contact me directly if you would like to provide any additional feedback.
5.0
Jan 7, 2021

Teamwork makes the dream work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent management team with great transparency and communication on corporate goals and objectives Amazing culture with clear values reinforced daily with Bricksters' behavior Innovative platform and vision for the future of Data & AI Customer Obsession focused on solving the world's toughest data problems Signifiant investment in internal training/development resources Advanced Vertical and Horizontal expertise supporting Go To Market

Cons

Noisy with lots of emails and reply alls

5.0
Jan 4, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- growth is top tier, IPO will be big - strong engineering culture - leadership (and the company as a whole) is more transparent than any company I have ever worked for - hackathon every quarter which is a great way for engineers to work on things they want to - extremely competitive healthcare, benefits, pay

Cons

- no 401k match - onboarding remotely was a little isolating

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