Databricks reviews

Databricks is by far the worst company that I have ever worked for. The culture is toxic in every way. You spend more time justifying your existence in endless management reviews, than working to deliver value to customers and technology partners. There is no work life balance to the constant micromanagement from the in-country leadership team, who offer no positive input to customer engagements, and have little interest in up lifting or supporting their team. The same can be said for more experienced and tenured Solution Architects, who are very difficult to work with, and treat their colleagues with contempt. I would not recommend this company for anyone who is looking for a collaborative, positive and supportive workplace.

- They replaced the value "Teamwork makes the dream work" with Company First - When they had Simon Sinek as a guest speaker, he shared that employees should come first because they ultimately serve the customer - the CEO disagreed - There is rarely any recognition of employees, only talk about product and sales - Almost no women in leadership, huge problems with diversity - CPO has no influence, there is nepotism on the People teams which fuels inefficiency and incompetence - There is so much insecurity on the People team because they know they're not taken seriously, that it paralyzes any effort - Conversations about trust, empathy, and psychological safety are actively discouraged - Leadership struggles to articulate its vision and mission, doesn't bring people along and there are no feedback mechanisms built in - Top down micromanagement is the norm, they hire "smart people" but don't let them do their jobs (I've heard this exact thing from dozens of people at different levels across many teams) - No decision making authority below the VP line - I've learned essentially nothing while working at Databricks, and if anything will have to unlearn bad behaviors such as not giving feedback or speaking up when I see something wrong because I have been reprimanded in the past