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
Mar 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Only bar raisers. It's rare to find people that are just "mild". We use a mindset here that every new employee should be at least better than half of the team in one of the driving principles, which makes our team always grow sharper. - Incredible benefits (at least for Brazil). Health insurance is better than what many companies offer to Director-level members. - You learn a lot by being at the most data-centered, high-tech company in the world right now. - CEO and high management are visionaries. - Not much politics. If you're better than the others, you'll grow.

Cons

- There's always a ton of work to do. If you have the energy and willingness to grow, you'll be required to push yourself to be outstanding. As the company is growing in mach 1 speed, if you don't know how to make the best use of your time, you'll fall short. - Because we're growing fast, we still do lots of stuff in spreadsheets and less automated stuff. And also because we're growing fast, we sometimes forget to make those better.

3.0
Mar 20, 2025

Great Cofounders

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cofounder led = passion and transparency. Growing company with potential IPO. great commissions on right accounts

Cons

Making questionable Sales Culture and risky product direction. Too many management levels with low trust and high inspection. Feels like leadership fears competition. Mixed leadership trying to balance tech reputation/prestige vs profits is questionable strategy

5.0
Mar 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Fun, energetic and positive work environment - Flexible work/life balance (in the field at least) - Good remuneration - Lots of technically challenging work - Leadership transparent and open to feedback

Cons

- Constant product changes can be exhausting to keep up with and try to sell - Very engineering-led company can cause issues sometimes. Engineering can tend to look down on the field, and as a result either don't listen to or are just dismissive of product feedback.

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