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4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(585 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jan 15, 2023
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Pros

Great pay & benefits. Strong executive leadership (mostly, with some exceptions that seem to be being handled). Smart & talented hard working colleagues. Excellent product.

Cons

Abusive/toxic middle managers & lower levels of leadership ruin the otherwise good culture. Good people getting run off for bad reasons (“bad culture fit” is sometimes their nice way of saying “they won’t answer my phone calls at 9:30 pm on a Saturday and they don’t laugh at my sexist jokes”). Sales org rampant with bullying and tasteless “not politically correct” jokes that don’t belong in a professional environment. Leadership & HR seem to look the other way on these issues so long as business results are good.

3.0
Jan 4, 2023
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Pros

Solid tech which solves complex data processing and machine learning. Very good benefits including gym reimbursement, typical tech industry health care with low deductibles, good work life balance for sales, engaging and transparent CEO who holds all hands meetings and answers questions. Good culture, innovation, trial/error is encouraged. Managers welcome feedback.

Cons

Tech is complex therefore companies must have complex requirements. However, sales is segmented to sell to every business as if every company requires their solution - they do not. Beware - they conduct significant back channeling while you are a candidate. They will comb their internal network and speak with your current/former co-workers/managers. There is risk that your current employer will find out you are interviewing with Databricks because of all the back channeling they conduct. If you are interviewing I would proactively request they do not contact anyone and offer up your own references. Few internal career opportunities. They aggressively hire from industry vs allowing employees to move into other departments. Your only career progression is within your own department ie difficult moving from sales to marketing or into product management. RSU compensation is based on previous valuation -7%. This is not reasonable as similar public growth companies' have been cut by 40%. They continue to hire and invest in growth while other tech companies are reducing spend as enterprises (their customers) cut back. This brings significant concern over future layoffs.

5.0
Jan 4, 2023
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Pros

Company culture Hybrid work schedule Awesome employee benefits Leadership has open door policy

Cons

401k matching need bonus structure for all long work hours

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