Is Databricks a good company to work for?

Databricks has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,791 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 76% of employees would recommend working at Databricks to a friend and 86% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Databricks have been left by employees working as Strategic Account Executive , Sr. Solutions Architect and Senior Solutions Architect .

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 2% 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 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (140) , Software Engineer (135) , Account Executive (121) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (41) , 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 238 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 176 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 120 reviews)); "And good benefits" ((in 84 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 61 reviews))

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

"No work life balance as this company is evolving with technology at high speed" ((in 82 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 32 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 24 reviews)); "life balance can be challenging." ((in 16 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.

What are the top reviewed Databricks locations?

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Databricks reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(205 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Senior management

3.4

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205 reviews

Reviews about "Management"

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1.0

Oct 6, 2024

Read the other reviews. Changing culture. Not what it used to be.

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

free lunches good benefits good product -albeit difficult to install.

Cons

Databricks was a great place to work the last 3+ years that has changed. Recently many from AWS have been brought into Databricks and changed the culture overnight. Databricks used to have a "no jerks" policy that has changed. Very few sales reps are making their sales number and the very little equity is being given out and a lot of turnover. Small and a lof of sales reps. Lots of micromanagement, it seems the new AWS middle management just refreshes Salesforce dashboards all day. Very little value brought in by the mid level managers from AWS. Databricks used to always have a "customer first" attitude. That has totally changed. Lots of turn over since a lot of reps are not making their quota. The consumption quotas are very high.

3.0

Aug 9, 2024

Don’t join for career growth

Senior technical program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good parental leave Health insurance is good

Cons

Lots of complacency in middle management High levels of political bureaucracy

4.0

Jul 31, 2024

I year of Rocketship

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High learning environment Extremely solid pull product Fast growing company Good HR policies and propensity to grow Good competetive employee remunerations Easy internal systems and policies

Cons

Company should bring attractive levers for customers to experiment on technology and introduce more incentives for partner

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