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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5.0
Dec 7, 2020

Fantastic, Focused & Fast Paced

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Pros

- The entire organization is one big focussed organism, who has the right direction and knows exactly how to get there. - There is a lot of attention right from the top to keep things simple and efficient. - The entire company is kept updated regularly leaving no room for speculation so that everyone can focus on what needs to be done. - Management openly accepts its limitations and builds clear roadmaps to bridge the gaps. - I see that the company values everyone's time and there are no unnecessary meetings. Everyone works of an agenda and is respectful of each other's time. - To top it all, great co-workers who challenge you to better yourself everyday. - At this time, I would highly recommend Databricks to anyone keen on working with the best engineers in this space.

Cons

- There are times when things can get little overwhelming as everyone strives to keep up the energy and focus and sometimes can affect work-life balance. It is not something that is culturally inherent, but happens because it is so fast paced. The management has taken keep interest in sorting this out and has laid out clear steps to consciously ensure that there is a good balance.

5.0
Dec 5, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-Great leadership. Management is highly invested in the development of the individual. -Culture is strong. The company is not only selective in hiring, but hollistic as well in its approach. The result is the people you get to work with are not just smart, but also incredible people. I find myself humbled everyday by the calibre of my colleagues. -Market potential is astronomical and leadership is making all the right moves to capture it. The company is unquestionably a thought leader in the space, and it's great to see us actively innovating the product to both augment our TAM as we encroach on the traditional DW space, and continue to innovate our bread and butter AI/data science and core infrastructure offerings. As a sales person this is the dream - getting to sell a world-class product. -Every company can always improve diversity, but Databricks is by far the most diverse company I've ever worked with. They take DEI seriously. -Sales culture specifically is incredible. Not the typical frat house sales culture you often see in tech sales.

Cons

-the classic hypergrowth startup pains, processes are a bit wonky, etc. Leadership is keenly aware of it though and working to remedy. Issues that happen as a result of this get fixed quickly once you raise it. -product has historically catered to data scientists, and as such is quite complex. As we broaden the scope of our market, and clash with DW players like Snowflake, we need to continue to simplify our product/messaging to cater to non-technical executives and analyst personas.

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