Does Databricks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Databricks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Databricks. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Databricks?

76% of Databricks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Databricks 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (137) , Software Engineer (131) , Account Executive (118) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (40) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (36) , Resident Solutions Architect (27) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Solution Architect (26) , Sales (24) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (20) , Customer Success Engineer (19) , Strategic Account Executive (19) , Technical Solutions Engineer (17) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and healthy." ((in 225 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 187 reviews)); "Great Leadership who really do provide a lot of clarity into how the business is run and are always happy to lean in with customers." ((in 122 reviews)); "And good benefits" ((in 82 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 59 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"There is no work life balance to the constant micromanagement from the in" ((in 77 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 30 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 28 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 22 reviews)); "life balance can be challenging." ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about Databricks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Databricks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Databricks in 2026.

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Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,622 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Senior management

3.4

Work/Life balance

Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,622 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Aug 27, 2025

Hard work but better than Snowflake

Business development representative (bdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good health insurance, boot camp is helpful, colleagues want to help you get better, not competing against peers- set goals individually. Good stock if you stay until the shares vest. Best product to sell in the data AI space

Cons

No 401k/ retirement, constantly changing priorities, hard path to promotion with so many other BDRs competition for limited roles, constant quota change

3.0

Aug 27, 2025

Toxic and full of politics

Senior solutions engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Consistent learning opportunities Still some good people left

Cons

Over hiring with lower hiring bar, feel like a Tech/consulting refugee camp right no

4.0

Aug 27, 2025

Amazing Tech and Very Relevant But Sales Leadership Needs To Thin Out

Enterprise account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hyper growth company who’s positioned extremely well to deliver AI capabilities to enterprises across all industries. Technical resources are phenomenal. Both those who support the sales motion and those who overlay specific product areas. The company is always focusing on making the platform easier to use and has accomplished this through a multitude of strategic acquisitions that they quickly build into the platform. This makes Databricks particularly excellent at staying well ahead of the industry.

Cons

Skip and above level sales leadership is entirely too engaged on a week by week basis. Note this isn’t in the field with our customers but through weekly standing calls at SVP level where we listen to diatribe after diatribe about where we are falling short on the metric of the week cast down from above. We hire and promote operations not truly good leaders. The micro management is intense and your experience is highly dependent on your field level leader’s maturity and experience. If you get a newly promoted 30 something leader out of the sales ranks you are in for a rude awakening

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