Databricks reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,637 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 1,637 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Aug 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great leadership. Best CEO ever (perhaps one of the only CEOs in the tech world who understands AI at full depth). Tech stack choices have been great and product works in the market. There was autonomy and healthy teamwork culture. The teamwork part is still there, but a lot of the company works top down.

Cons

Everything was great until an year ago. Lately there are these mid level managers who have pestered the system. Now me and my team just do the work and get paid. These mid level managers can be replaced by parrots (no AI needed). They just repeat the leadership messages. Keep themselves unavailable with beauracratic way of delegation. Overall the innovation engine has died out. Also, internal productivity is declining due to rampant hiring.

5.0
Aug 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working with the best-in-class knowledgeable and nicest people. Lots of learning and growth opportunities. Excellent pay packages when compared to other companies

Cons

Nothing that I can think of

5.0
Aug 2, 2023

Impressive growth

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great leaders especially the CEO - Great culture with open discussion - Amazing product that is evolving really fast

Cons

- The company is growing and becoming process heavy. It's no longer a startup -

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